how to pronounce intellectual

/ˌɪntəˈlɛktʃuəl/

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intellectual is pronounced in five syllables

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ɪntəlɛktʃuəl

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

“… they learn the intellectual ideas to …”

meaning of intellectual

Intellectual means having or showing a high level of intelligence.

intellectual frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word intellectual occurs in english on average 24.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) education, science, and technology;

words with pronunciation similar to intellectual

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