how to pronounce restraint

/ɹɪˈstɹɛɪnt/

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restraint is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… how we laughed look at the restraint how …”

meaning of restraint

Restraint is the act of restraining someone or something.

restraint frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word restraint occurs in english on average 11.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;