how to pronounce railways

/ˈɹɛɪlˌwɛɪz/

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railways is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… in terms of roads and railways that need …”

meanings of railways

noun:

Plural of railway.

railways frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word railways occurs in english on average 1.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) transport and travel;