how to pronounce употребить

/ʊpətrʲɪˈbʲitʲ/

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употребить is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… все ну пробовал употребить и не …”

meanings of употребить

verb:

To use, to apply.

употребить frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word употребить occurs in russian on average 2.2 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.