how to pronounce allude

/əˈlud/

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allude is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of allude in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… you to sort of allude lose faith in in …”

meanings of allude

verb:

To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion.

allude frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word allude occurs in english on average 0.6 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.

topics allude can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that allude can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;