how to pronounce lax

/ˈlæks/

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lax is pronounced in one syllable

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video examples of lax pronunciation

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

“… that it was called education nowadays frankly it's lax it's okay …”

meaning of lax

Lax means not strict or not strict enough.

lax frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word lax 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 lax 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 lax can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;

words with pronunciation similar to lax

lacksloxlacklexlockslickslackeyslackslaclacked

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