how to pronounce instrumental

/ˌɪnstɹəˈmɛntəl/

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the above transcription of instrumental is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

instrumental is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… still made for instrumental reasons so …”

meaning of instrumental

Instrumental means used to achieve a goal or purpose.

instrumental frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word instrumental occurs in english on average 7.6 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 instrumental 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 instrumental can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;