how to pronounce syncope

/ˈsɪŋ.kə.pi/

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syncope is pronounced in three syllables

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meanings of syncope

noun:

A missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in syncopation.
The loss or elision of a sound from the interior of a word, for example by changing cannot to can't, never to ne'er, or the pronunciation of the -cester ending in placenames as -ster (for example, Leicester pronounced Leister or Lester, and Worcester pronounced Wooster).
A loss of consciousness when someone faints, a swoon.

syncope frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word syncope occurs in english on average 0.2 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 syncope 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 syncope can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) leisure and entertainment;