how to pronounce plain

/plɛɪn/

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plain is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… and we have with just plain old oh so …”

meaning of plain

Plain means without any decoration or embellishment.

plain frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word plain occurs in english on average 41.8 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 plain 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 plain can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;