how to pronounce swing

/swɪŋ/

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swing is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… to develop my duty swing tensed no …”

meaning of swing

Swing means to move in a circular motion.

swing frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word swing occurs in english on average 19.5 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 swing 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 swing can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;

2) people, society, and culture;