how to pronounce whiten

/ˈwaɪ.tən/

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whiten is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… to whiten considerably which made him …”

meanings of whiten

verb:

(To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.

name:

A surname.

whiten frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word whiten 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 whiten 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 whiten can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;