how to pronounce dislike

/dɪsˈlaɪk/

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the above transcription of dislike 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.

dislike is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of dislike in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… how do I find mild dislike Oh Norma …”

meaning of dislike

Dislike means to feel a strong aversion to something.

dislike frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word dislike occurs in english on average 12.6 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 dislike 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 dislike can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;