how to pronounce figment

/ˈfɪɡmɪnt/

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figment is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… is not a figment of our imagination it …”

meaning of figment

Figment means a thing that is imagined or conceived in the mind.

figment frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word figment occurs in english on average 1.2 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 figment 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 figment can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;