how to pronounce plea

/ˈpliː/

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plea is pronounced in one syllable

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iː

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

“… a plea count on is that honest money and …”

meaning of plea

Plea means a request or entreaty made to a person in authority.

plea frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word plea occurs in english on average 5.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;