how to pronounce factory

/ˈfæktɚiː/

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factory is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… built in a factory and shipped out and …”

meaning of factory

A factory is a building or part of a building where goods are made or processed.

factory frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word factory occurs in english on average 18 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 factory 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 factory can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;