how to pronounce head

/ˈhɛd/

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head is pronounced in one syllable

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video examples of head pronunciation

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

“… above so I decided to head in and check …”

meaning of head

Head is the part of the body that is above the neck.

head frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word head occurs in english on average 353.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;