how to pronounce sleeper

/ˈsliː.pəɹ/

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sleeper is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… one worker died for every sleeper on the …”

meaning of sleeper

A sleeper is a person who sleeps during the day and stays awake at night.

sleeper frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word sleeper occurs in english on average 1.5 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 sleeper 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 sleeper can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;

2) transport and travel;