how to pronounce widow

/ˈwɪd.əʊ/

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the above transcription of widow is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

widow is pronounced in two syllables

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example pitch curve for pronunciation of widow

wɪdəʊ

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

“… left his wife a widow all over the silly …”

meaning of widow

Widow is a woman who has lost her husband.

widow frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word widow occurs in english on average 15.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) people, society, and culture;

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