how to pronounce laboratory

/ˈlæbɹəˌtɔːɹiː/

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the above transcription of laboratory 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.

laboratory is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… items to an outside laboratory the same …”

meaning of laboratory

Laboratory is a place where scientific experiments are conducted.

laboratory frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word laboratory occurs in english on average 5.9 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 laboratory 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 laboratory can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;