how to pronounce bailiwick
/ˈbɛɪ.li.wɪk/
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bailiwick is pronounced in three syllables
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An example use of bailiwick in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… yes sock is part of the Bailiwick of …”
meanings of bailiwick
noun:
- The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
- A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.
bailiwick frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word bailiwick occurs in english on average 0.4 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 bailiwick 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 bailiwick can be often used in the following areas:
1) business and work;
2) communication, information, and media;
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