how to pronounce healthy

/ˈhɛlθiː/

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healthy is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… to see if a theory is healthy is to make …”

meanings of healthy

adjective:

Enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well.
Evincing health.
Significant, hefty; beneficial.
Conducive to health.

healthy frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word healthy occurs in english on average 91.7 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 healthy 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 healthy can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;