how to pronounce affordable

/əˈfɔːɹdəbəl/

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affordable is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… still offers it the affordable care act …”

meanings of affordable

adjective:

Able to be afforded; inexpensive or reasonably priced.

affordable frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word affordable occurs in english on average 16.5 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 affordable 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 affordable can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;