how to pronounce поступать

/pəstʊˈpatʲ/

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поступать is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… быть выбор как ему поступать уж со своим …”

meanings of поступать

verb:

To enter, to join, to matriculate.
To act, to behave.
To arrive, to come in, to be received, to be forthcoming.
To treat (with), to deal (with), to handle.

поступать frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word поступать occurs in russian on average 16.4 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.