how to pronounce town

/ˈtaʊn/

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town is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… schedule our out-of-town talent come in …”

meaning of town

Town is a place where people live.

town frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word town occurs in english on average 172.6 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.