how to pronounce wherewithal

/ˈwɛə.wɪ.ðɔːl/

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wherewithal is pronounced in three syllables

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wɛəwɪðɔːl

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

“… away has he got the wherewithal to …”

meanings of wherewithal

noun:

  1. The ability and means required to accomplish some task.

adverb:

  1. In what way; how.

wherewithal frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word wherewithal occurs in english on average 0.6 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 wherewithal 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 wherewithal can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

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