how to pronounce eavesdropping

/ˈiːvzˌdɹɑːpɪŋ/

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eavesdropping is pronounced in three syllables

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vzdɹɑːpɪŋ

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

“… come into the eavesdropping yeah so that …”

meanings of eavesdropping

noun:

  1. The interception of electronic communication.
  2. The act of one organism listening for another's calls, so as to exploit them.
  3. Listening secretly to private conversation of others.

verb:

  1. Present participle of eavesdrop.

eavesdropping frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word eavesdropping occurs in english on average 0.5 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 eavesdropping 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 eavesdropping can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

words with pronunciation similar to eavesdropping

eavesdrop

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