how to pronounce loophole

/ˈluːp.həʊl/

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loophole is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… it's a real loophole in life you can …”

meaning of loophole

A loophole is a legal term for a legal exception, a way to get around a law or regulation.

loophole frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word loophole occurs in english on average 1.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;