how to pronounce gage

/ˈɡɛɪdʒ/

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gage is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… freedom of Phineas Gage freedom is …”

meanings of gage

noun:

A drink.
A tobacco pipe.
A quart pot.
A pint pot.
Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.
Initialism of Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees.
A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.
Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
A small quantity of anything.
Marijuana.
US alternative spelling of gauge (a measure, instrument for measuring, etc.).
A chamberpot.

name:

A female given name.
A surname.
A town in Oklahoma.
A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
A ghost town in New Mexico.

verb:

To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
To wager, to bet.
Alternative spelling of gauge (to measure).
To give or deposit as a pledge or security; to pawn.

gage frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word gage occurs in english on average 0.9 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 gage can be related to

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