how to pronounce drifted

/ˈdɹɪftəd/

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drifted is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… schools for so long drifted away from …”

meanings of drifted

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of drift.

drifted frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word drifted occurs in english on average 4.1 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 drifted 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 drifted can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;

2) transport and travel;