how to pronounce caucus

/ˈkɔːkəs/

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caucus is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… congressional black caucus is trying to …”

meanings of caucus

noun:

A political interest group by members of a legislative body.
A usually preliminary meeting of party members to nominate candidates for public office or delegates to be sent a nominating convention, or to confer regarding policy.
A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party.

verb:

To meet and participate in caucus.
To bring into or treat in caucus.

caucus frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word caucus occurs in english on average 2.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;