how to pronounce freelance

/ˈfɹiː.lɑːns/

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freelance is pronounced in two syllables

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1.

iː

2.

ɑː

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

“… also freelance really I mean now you …”

meaning of freelance

Freelance means to work for yourself.

freelance frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word freelance occurs in english on average 3.9 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 freelance 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 freelance can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;