how to pronounce hiking

/ˈhaɪkɪŋ/

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hiking is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… Pacific Flyway all the hiking trails are …”

meanings of hiking

verb:

Present participle of hike.

noun:

Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport.

hiking frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word hiking occurs in english on average 9.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) leisure and entertainment;

2) transport and travel;