how to pronounce fess

/ˈfɛs/

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fess is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… and so now you got to fess up did this …”

meanings of fess

adjective:

Lively; active; strong.
Proud; conceited.
Of animals, bad-tempered, fierce.

verb:

To confess; to admit.

noun:

A horizontal band across the middle of the shield.

fess frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word fess occurs in english on average 0.6 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 fess 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 fess can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;