how to pronounce refusal

/ɹɪˈfjuː.zəl/

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refusal is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of refusal in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… the USA people's refusal to understand …”

meaning of refusal

Refusal means to reject something, to refuse.

refusal frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word refusal occurs in english on average 18.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics refusal can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that refusal can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;