how to pronounce defied

/dɪˈfaɪd/

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defied is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… union has refused they defied an order …”

meanings of defied

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of defy.

defied frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word defied occurs in english on average 1.1 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 defied 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 defied can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;