how to pronounce undercover

/ˌʌn.dəˈkʌv.əɹ/

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undercover is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… it was essentially an undercover unit …”

meaning of undercover

Undercover means to hide or conceal something, especially something illegal, by concealing it under a disguise.

undercover frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word undercover occurs in english on average 2.4 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 undercover 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 undercover can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;