how to pronounce defies

/dɪˈfaɪz/

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defies is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… Lisa that defies expectation that …”

meanings of defies

noun:

Plural of defy.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defy.

defies frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word defies occurs in english on average 2.1 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 defies 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 defies can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;