how to pronounce contests

/ˈkɑːntɛsts/

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contests is pronounced in two syllables

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ɑː

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

“… dollars our CEO held contests for the …”

meanings of contests

noun:

Plural of contest.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contest.

contests frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word contests occurs in english on average 5.7 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 contests 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 contests can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;