how to pronounce understudy

/ˈʌndɚsˌtʌdiː/

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understudy is pronounced in four syllables

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ʌndɚstʌd

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

“… the understudy indeed …”

meaning of understudy

An understudy is a person who takes the place of another person in a play or other performance.

understudy frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word understudy occurs in english on average 0.5 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 understudy 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 understudy can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;

3) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to understudy

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