how to pronounce navy

/ˈnɛɪviː/

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the above transcription of navy 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.

navy is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… is working at the US Navy as a Navy SEAL …”

meaning of navy

Navy is a military service that operates at sea.

navy frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word navy occurs in english on average 20.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics navy 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 navy can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;

2) transport and travel;