how to pronounce cant

/ˈkænt/

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the above transcription of cant is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

cant is pronounced in one syllable

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example pitch curve for pronunciation of cant

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

“… diferente y cant o una maha differently …”

meaning of cant

Can means can or may.

cant frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word cant occurs in english on average 11.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to cant

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