how to pronounce hot

/ˈhɑːt/

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hot is pronounced in one syllable

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ɑː

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video examples of hot pronunciation

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

“… thing it is not a hot tub darn it Wow …”

meaning of hot

Hot means warm and to the point.

hot frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word hot occurs in english on average 170 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 hot 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 hot can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

2) people, society, and culture;