how to pronounce walk

/wɔːk/

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walk is pronounced in one syllable

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ɔː

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

“… found myself having to walk out of work …”

meaning of walk

Walk means to move on foot, usually in a straight line.

walk frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word walk occurs in english on average 104.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics walk 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 walk can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;

3) transport and travel;