how to pronounce indefinitely

/ˌɪnˈdɛfənətliː/

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indefinitely is pronounced in five syllables

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

“… that can't continue indefinitely so what …”

meanings of indefinitely

adverb:

Forever.
For a long time, with no defined end.
In a manner that is not definite.

indefinitely frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word indefinitely occurs in english on average 2.9 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 indefinitely 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 indefinitely can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;