how to pronounce stop

/stɒp/

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the above transcription of stop is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

stop is pronounced in one syllable

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video examples of stop pronunciation

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

“… yeah I want people stop thinking too …”

meaning of stop

Stop means to cause to cease or to end.

stop frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word stop occurs in english on average 151.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics stop 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 stop can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) education, science, and technology;

3) transport and travel;