how to pronounce leak

/liːk/

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leak is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… countries even recorded a leak from 1850 …”

meaning of leak

A leak is a type of fluid that flows out of something.

leak frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

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

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) life, nature, and living environment;

4) people, society, and culture;