how to pronounce shrinkage

/ˈʃɹɪŋ.kɪdʒ/

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shrinkage is pronounced in two syllables

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example pitch curve for pronunciation of shrinkage

ʃɹɪŋkɪdʒ

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

“… of laws or shrinkage as the case may be …”

meanings of shrinkage

noun:

  1. The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
  2. The reduction in size of the male genitalia when cold, such as from immersion in cold water.
  3. The loss of merchandise through theft, spoilage, and obsolescence.

shrinkage frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word shrinkage occurs in english on average 1.2 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 shrinkage 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 shrinkage can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) life, nature, and living environment;

words with pronunciation similar to shrinkage

linkagebreakagewreckagecribbagetrinket

words that rhyme with shrinkage

linkage

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