how to pronounce softball

/ˈsɔːftˌbɔːl/

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the above transcription of softball is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

softball is pronounced in two syllables

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1.

ɔː

2.

ɔː

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

“… and she had played softball since she …”

meaning of softball

Softball is a game played with a ball and bat.

softball frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word softball occurs in english on average 3 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 softball 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 softball can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;