how to pronounce lineage

/ˈlɪniːədʒ/

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the above transcription of lineage 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.

lineage is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… that the 1-3 Oh traces its lineage back …”

meaning of lineage

Lineage is the history of a family or group of people.

lineage frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word lineage occurs in english on average 2.3 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 lineage 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 lineage can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;