how to pronounce enclave

/ˈɛŋ.klɛɪv/

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enclave is pronounced in two syllables

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ɛŋklɛɪv

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

“… in a small enclave of hostile territory …”

meanings of enclave

noun:

  1. An isolated portion of an application's address space, such that data in an enclave can only be accessed by code in the same enclave.
  2. A group that is set off from a larger population by its characteristic or behavior.
  3. A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another.

verb:

  1. To enclose within a foreign territory.

enclave frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word enclave 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 enclave 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 enclave can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

words with pronunciation similar to enclave

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