how to pronounce upend

/ʌpˈɛnd/

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upend is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… for a workforce will upend everything …”

meanings of upend

verb:

To end up; to set on end.
To tip or turn over.
To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat.

upend frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word upend occurs in english on average 0.1 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 upend 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 upend can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;