how to pronounce stuff

/ˈstʌf/

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the above transcription of stuff 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.

stuff is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… this is all very scary stuff and it …”

meaning of stuff

Stuff is a noun that refers to material objects.

stuff frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word stuff occurs in english on average 238.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;