how to pronounce stance

/ˈstæns/

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stance is pronounced in one syllable

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video examples of stance pronunciation

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

“… but his anti-american stance seems to be …”

meaning of stance

A stance is a position of standing or walking.

stance frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word stance occurs in english on average 8.4 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 stance 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 stance can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;

2) transport and travel;