how to pronounce foreplay

/ˈfɔːɹˌplɛɪ/

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foreplay is pronounced in two syllables

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ɔː

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

“… sexual bond and foreplay is everything …”

meaning of foreplay

Foreplay is the act of sexual activity that precedes sexual intercourse.

foreplay frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word foreplay occurs in english on average 0.7 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 foreplay 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 foreplay can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;