how to pronounce may

/ˈmɛɪ/

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the above transcription of may is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

may is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… for some of us it may mean we're not in …”

meaning of may

May is the fifth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

may frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word may occurs in english on average 847.2 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 may 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 may can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;