how to pronounce blindside

/ˈblaɪndˌsaɪd/

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blindside is pronounced in two syllables

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blaɪndsaɪd

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

“… and that's the blindside and yeah which …”

meanings of blindside

noun:

  1. A driver's field of blindness around an automobile; the side areas behind the driver.
  2. The space on the side of the pitch with the shorter distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline; compare openside.
  3. A person's weak point.
  4. The blindside flanker, a position in rugby union, usually number 6.

verb:

  1. To catch off guard; to take by surprise.
  2. To attack (a person) on his or her blind side.

blindside frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word blindside occurs in english on average 0.1 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 blindside 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 blindside can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;

words with pronunciation similar to blindside

blindedhindsightblinding

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