how to pronounce meander

/miˈæn.dəɹ/

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meander is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… rivers and how they meander and Bend …”

meanings of meander

noun:

Synonym of Greek key.
Perplexity.
One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.
A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
Fretwork.
A tortuous or intricate movement.
One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse.

verb:

To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.
To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.

meander frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word meander occurs in english on average 1 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 meander can be related to

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