how to pronounce shrink

/ʃɹɪŋk/

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shrink is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… caused nigeria's economy to shrink by …”

meaning of shrink

Shrink means to reduce in size or volume.

shrink frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word shrink occurs in english on average 3.8 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 shrink 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 shrink can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;