how to pronounce underground

/ˌʌn.dəˈɡɹaʊnd/

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underground is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… couple of underground a year but if you …”

meaning of underground

Underground means below the surface of the ground.

underground frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word underground occurs in english on average 23.2 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 underground 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 underground can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;