how to pronounce pierce

/pɪəs/

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pierce is pronounced in two syllables

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pɪəs

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

“… martin myers jamie pierce and julian …”

meaning of pierce

Pierce means to make a hole in something.

pierce frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word pierce occurs in english on average 2.1 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 pierce 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 pierce can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;

words with pronunciation similar to pierce

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