how to pronounce pub

/ˈpʌb/

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pub is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… formal response from the pub republicans …”

meaning of pub

Pub is short for public house.

pub frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word pub occurs in english on average 37 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 pub 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 pub can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) leisure and entertainment;