how to pronounce sigh

/ˈsaɪ/

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the above transcription of sigh 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.

sigh is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… the photographer bruh sigh I live in …”

meaning of sigh

Sigh means to breathe out heavily through the mouth.

sigh frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word sigh occurs in english on average 24.7 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 sigh 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 sigh can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;