how to pronounce hero

/ˈhɪɹoʊ/

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hero is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… physicist hero James Clark Maxwell and …”

meaning of hero

A hero is a person who is admired for their brave deeds and noble qualities.

hero frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word hero occurs in english on average 23 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 hero 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 hero can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;