how to pronounce hostages
/ˈhɑːstədʒəz/
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hostages is pronounced in three syllables
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An example use of hostages in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… took hostages killed US soldiers and …”
meanings of hostages
noun:
- Plural of hostage.
hostages frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word hostages occurs in english on average 1.4 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 hostages 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 hostages can be often used in the following areas:
1) people, society, and culture;
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