how to pronounce lift

/lɪft/

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lift is pronounced in one syllable

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video examples of lift pronunciation

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

“… is a stair lift it takes away our …”

meaning of lift

Lift is a verb meaning to move something up or down by using a lever or pulley.

lift frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word lift occurs in english on average 43.4 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 lift 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 lift can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;