how to pronounce supine

/ˈsuː.paɪn/

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supine is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… nor supine is to for us to say not …”

meanings of supine

adjective:

Inclining or leaning backward; inclined, sloping.
Reluctant to take action due to indifference or moral weakness; apathetic or passive towards something.
Lying on its back.

noun:

In Swedish: a verb form that combines with an inflection of ha to form the present perfect and pluperfect tenses.
In Latin and other languages: a type of verbal noun used in the ablative and accusative cases, which shares the same stem as the passive participle.

supine frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word supine occurs in english on average 1.1 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 supine 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 supine can be often used in the following areas:

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