how to pronounce livelihood
/ˈlaɪvliːˌhʊd/
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livelihood is pronounced in three syllables
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An example use of livelihood in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… the family's livelihood at any given …”
meaning of livelihood
Livelihood means the means of supporting oneself.
livelihood frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR
the word livelihood occurs in english on average 2.5 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 livelihood 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 livelihood can be often used in the following areas:
1) business and work;
2) leisure and entertainment;
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