how to pronounce motorway
/ˈməʊtəwɛɪ/
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motorway is pronounced in four syllables
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video examples of motorway pronunciation
An example use of motorway in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… turn off from that motorway and the …”
meaning of motorway
A motorway is a controlled-access highway that is designed for high-speed vehicular traffic.
motorway frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word motorway occurs in english on average 1.5 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 motorway 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 motorway can be often used in the following areas:
1) transport and travel;
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