how to pronounce retrenchment
/ɹɪˈtɹɛntʃ.mənt/
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retrenchment is pronounced in three syllables
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video examples of retrenchment pronunciation
An example use of retrenchment in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… you know retrenchment small the rest of …”
meanings of retrenchment
noun:
- An act of reducing expenses; economizing.
- An act of terminating the employment of a worker or making an employee redundant, often to reduce expenses; a layoff.
- A curtailment or reduction.
- A defensive work constructed within a fortification to make it more defensible by allowing defenders to retreat into and fight from it even after the enemy has taken the outer work.
retrenchment frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word retrenchment occurs in english on average 0.7 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 retrenchment 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 retrenchment can be often used in the following areas:
1) business and work;
2) communication, information, and media;
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