how to pronounce занять

/zɐˈnʲætʲ/

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занять is pronounced in two syllables

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nʲ

tʲ

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An example use of занять in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… них неплохие шансы занять место человека …”

meanings of занять

verb:

To reserve, to secure, to keep.
To employ, to busy.
To interest, to engross.
To borrow.
To occupy, to take up.
To lend.

занять frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word занять occurs in russian on average 18.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.