how to pronounce explain

/ɪksˈplɛɪn/

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explain is pronounced in two syllables

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ɪksplɛɪn

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

“… how do you explain that do you say this …”

meaning of explain

Explain means to make clear and easy to understand.

explain frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word explain occurs in english on average 79.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to explain

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