how to pronounce wade

/ˈwɛɪd/

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wade is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… should i wade no more returning were as …”

meanings of wade

verb:

To progress with difficulty.
To walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading.
To enter recklessly.
To walk through water or something that impedes progress.

noun:

Obsolete form of woad.
An act of wading.
A ford; a place to cross a river.

name:

A system of romanization for the Chinese language based on 19th-century Pekingese pronunciation, worked out by Thomas Wade.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A topographic surname.

wade frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word wade occurs in english on average 4.6 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.