how to pronounce policy

/ˈpɑːləsiː/

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policy is pronounced in three syllables

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pɑːləs

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

“… we act as if tax policy was done in a …”

meaning of policy

Policy is a set of rules, principles, or decisions that govern the way something is done.

policy frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word policy occurs in english on average 63.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) business and work;

2) education, science, and technology;

3) people, society, and culture;

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