how to pronounce gear

/ɡɪəɹ/

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gear is pronounced in two syllables

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ɡɪəɹ

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

“… wearing appropriate safety gear as of …”

meaning of gear

Gear is a piece of equipment that is used to transmit power from one location to another.

gear frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word gear occurs in english on average 18.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) business and work;

2) transport and travel;

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