how to pronounce wannabe

/ˈwɑːnəˌbiː/

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wannabe is pronounced in three syllables

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ɑː

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iː

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

“… these guys were wannabe actors and …”

meaning of wannabe

Wannabe means someone who wants to be something they are not.

wannabe frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word wannabe occurs in english on average 2.3 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 wannabe 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 wannabe can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;