how to pronounce award

/əˈwɔːd/

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award is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of award in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… about the Gold Award is that it's gonna …”

meaning of award

An award is a prize given to someone for their achievements.

award frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word award occurs in english on average 151.1 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.

topics award 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 award can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) leisure and entertainment;