how to pronounce borderline
/ˈbɔːɹdɚˌlaɪn/
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borderline is pronounced in three syllables
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An example use of borderline in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… turns out we're at a borderline the …”
meaning of borderline
The borderline is the line separating two different categories.
borderline frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR
the word borderline occurs in english on average 3.7 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 borderline 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 borderline can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
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