how to pronounce hobbies

/ˈhɑːbiːz/

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hobbies is pronounced in two syllables

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ɑː

2.

iː

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

“… what new hobbies or activities would you …”

meanings of hobbies

noun:

Plural of hobby.

name:

Plural of Hobbie.

hobbies frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word hobbies occurs in english on average 4.5 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 hobbies 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 hobbies can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;