how to pronounce reprieve

/ɹɪˈpɹiːv/

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reprieve is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… giving readers a reprieve from ancillary …”

meaning of reprieve

Reprieve means a temporary suspension of a punishment or a period of relief from a hardship.

reprieve frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word reprieve occurs in english on average 2.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics reprieve 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 reprieve can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;