how to pronounce shiver

/ˈʃɪv.əɹ/

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shiver is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… like a shiver it marks powerful moments …”

meaning of shiver

Shiver means to cause a sudden involuntary contraction of the muscles of the body, typically in response to cold.

shiver frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word shiver occurs in english on average 3.5 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 shiver 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 shiver can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;