how to pronounce maverick

/ˈmævɚɪk/

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maverick is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… civil rights maverick and publisher dr …”

meaning of maverick

Maverick is a person who is not afraid to take risks.

maverick frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word maverick occurs in english on average 1.9 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 maverick 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 maverick can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;