how to pronounce savvy

/ˈsæviː/

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savvy is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… that I thought was very savvy about the …”

meaning of savvy

Savvy means having knowledge or skill in a particular area.

savvy frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word savvy occurs in english on average 5.4 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 savvy 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 savvy can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

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