how to pronounce fly

/ˈflaɪ/

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fly is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… day where we get to fly the flag and you …”

meaning of fly

Fly means to move through the air with the force of wings.

fly frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word fly occurs in english on average 47.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics fly 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 fly can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) transport and travel;