how to pronounce liberal

/ˈlɪˌbɝəl/

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liberal is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… is to be a liberal to be a leftist …”

meaning of liberal

Liberal means open to new ideas and opinions.

liberal frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word liberal occurs in english on average 29.3 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 liberal 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 liberal can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

2) people, society, and culture;