how to pronounce carrier

/ˈkæɹiːɚ/

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the above transcription of carrier 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.

carrier is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… prostitute or disease carrier for a …”

meaning of carrier

Carrier is a person who carries something.

carrier frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word carrier occurs in english on average 9.2 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 carrier 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 carrier can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;

3) transport and travel;