how to pronounce сокращать

/səkrɐˈɕːætʲ/

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сокращать is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… того чтобы чего то сокращать нет поэтому …”

meanings of сокращать

verb:

To shorten, to curtail, to abridge, to abbreviate.
To dismiss, to discharge; to lay off.
To cancel, to abbreviate by cancellation.
To reduce, to cut, to curtail, to retrench.

сокращать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word сокращать occurs in russian on average 3.3 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.