how to pronounce intrinsic

/ˌɪnˈtɹɪnsɪk/

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intrinsic is pronounced in three syllables

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ɪntɹɪnsɪk

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

“… is intrinsic rather than instrumental …”

meanings of intrinsic

adjective:

  1. Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.
  2. Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.

noun:

  1. A built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.
  2. An ability possessed by a character and not requiring any external equipment.

intrinsic frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word intrinsic occurs in english on average 2.8 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 intrinsic 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 intrinsic can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) education, science, and technology;

4) life, nature, and living environment;

words with pronunciation similar to intrinsic

intensiveextrinsicintrusive

words that rhyme with intrinsic

extrinsic

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