how to pronounce illusion

/ˌɪˈluʒən/

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illusion is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… just it gives you the illusion that …”

meaning of illusion

Illusion is a false perception of something that is not real.

illusion frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word illusion occurs in english on average 10.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) communication, information, and media;