how to pronounce hedges

/ˈhɛdʒɪz/

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hedges is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… Lucas hedges would you rather perform in …”

meanings of hedges

noun:

Plural of hedge.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hedge.

name:

A surname.

hedges frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word hedges occurs in english on average 1.8 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 hedges 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 hedges can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;