how to pronounce beware

/bɪˈwɛəɹ/

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beware is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… the famous cave khan beware the dog the …”

meanings of beware

verb:

To use caution, pay attention to (used both with and without of).

beware frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word beware occurs in english on average 5.6 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.

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

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;