how to pronounce relax

/ɹɪˈlæks/

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relax is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… minute break to relax I find it really …”

meaning of relax

Relax means to become calm and less tense.

relax frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word relax occurs in english on average 17.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;