how to pronounce grave

/ˈɡɹɛɪv/

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grave is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… about a small ones grave it's it's kind …”

meaning of grave

Grave means a place of burial.

grave frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word grave occurs in english on average 19 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) people, society, and culture;