how to pronounce сократиться

/səkrɐˈtʲit͡sːə/

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сократиться is pronounced in four syllables

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t͡sː

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

“… медведей может сократиться на 30 …”

meanings of сократиться

verb:

To decrease, to shorten.

сократиться frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word сократиться occurs in russian on average 0.9 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.