how to pronounce shot

/ˈʃɑːt/

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shot is pronounced in one syllable

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ɑː

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

“… spring in his jump shot he put it he …”

meaning of shot

A shot is a single drink of alcohol or an injection.

shot frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word shot occurs in english on average 101.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) business and work;