how to pronounce dye

/ˈdaɪ/

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dye is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… to back that stable coin of dye and …”

meanings of dye

noun:

Alternative spelling of die (“singular of dice").
Any hue, color, or blee.
A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.

verb:

To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

name:

A surname.

dye frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word dye occurs in english on average 9.5 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 dye 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 dye can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;