how to pronounce subway

/ˈsʌbˌwɛɪ/

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subway is pronounced in two syllables

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sʌbwɛɪ

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

“… and the 24-hour subway is back we have …”

meanings of subway

noun:

  1. An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc.
  2. An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
  3. An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).
  4. A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way.
  5. A train that runs on such an underground railway.

verb:

  1. To travel by underground railway.

subway frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word subway occurs in english on average 9.9 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 subway 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 subway can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;

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