how to pronounce borrowing

/ˈbɑːɹoʊɪŋ/

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borrowing is pronounced in three syllables

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ɑː

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

“… period and short-term borrowing is a is …”

meanings of borrowing

noun:

An instance of something being borrowed.
A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.

verb:

Present participle of borrow.

borrowing frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word borrowing occurs in english on average 4.6 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 borrowing 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 borrowing can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;