how to pronounce awhile

/əˈwaɪl/

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awhile is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… actually you can talk awhile I think one …”

meanings of awhile

adverb:

In the meantime; during an implicit ongoing process.
For some time; for a short time.

awhile frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word awhile occurs in english on average 25.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics awhile 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 awhile can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;