how to pronounce custody

/ˈkʌstədiː/

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custody is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… and also in u.s custody so i was hoping …”

meaning of custody

Custody is the right to have care and control of a child.

custody frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word custody occurs in english on average 7.6 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 custody 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 custody can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;