how to pronounce astray

/əsˈtɹɛɪ/

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astray is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… be led astray by evil influences we …”

meanings of astray

adverb:

In a wrong or unknown and wrongly-motivated direction.

astray frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word astray occurs in english on average 2.6 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 astray 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 astray can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;