how to pronounce blow

/ˈbloʊ/

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blow is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… kind of like a blow we saw like a …”

meaning of blow

Blow means to cause to move or cause to happen suddenly.

blow frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word blow occurs in english on average 30.5 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 blow 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 blow can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;