how to pronounce least

/liːst/

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the above transcription of least is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

least is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… kept to have at least five and you know …”

meaning of least

Least means the smallest in amount or degree.

least frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word least occurs in english on average 54.3 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 least 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 least can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;