how to pronounce skate

/skɛɪt/

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skate is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… also it's the Trump skate rink so after …”

meaning of skate

Skate means to glide on a surface by moving the feet and legs quickly and smoothly.

skate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word skate occurs in english on average 1.3 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 skate 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 skate can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;

2) transport and travel;