how to pronounce seize

/siːz/

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seize is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… in an attempt to seize power the police …”

meaning of seize

Seize means to take possession of something by force.

seize frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word seize occurs in english on average 5.9 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 seize 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 seize can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to seize

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