how to pronounce enlightening

/ˌɛnˈlaɪtənɪŋ/

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enlightening is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… entertaining and enlightening all at …”

meanings of enlightening

verb:

Present participle of enlighten.

enlightening frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word enlightening occurs in english on average 2.6 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 enlightening 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 enlightening can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;