how to pronounce expensive

/ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/

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expensive is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… is um much less expensive than many …”

meanings of expensive

adjective:

Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish.
Having a high price or cost.
Taking a lot of system time or resources.

expensive frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word expensive occurs in english on average 51.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) communication, information, and media;