how to pronounce general

/ˈdʒɛnɚəl/

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general is pronounced in three syllables

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video examples of general pronunciation

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

“… that you know in general we do have a …”

meaning of general

General means a person who is in charge of an army or a group of soldiers.

general frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word general occurs in english on average 137.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;