how to pronounce high

/haɪ/

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high is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… risk you can have high or low risk you …”

meaning of high

High means at a high level or above the ground.

high frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word high occurs in english on average 389.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) people, society, and culture;