how to pronounce withhold

/wɪðˈhəʊld/

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withhold is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… he threatened to withhold access to the …”

meaning of withhold

Withhold means to keep back or not give.

withhold frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word withhold occurs in english on average 2.3 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 withhold 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 withhold can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;