how to pronounce paid

/ˈpɛɪd/

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paid is pronounced in one syllable

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pɛɪd

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

“… they are bought and paid for by the very …”

meanings of paid

adjective:

  1. Rich, wealthy.
  2. That is not free of charge; that costs money.

verb:

  1. Simple past tense and past participle of pay.

paid frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word paid occurs in english on average 87.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to paid

prayedpanepaynelaidpacemadepaysparadespadepain

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