how to pronounce literature

/ˈlɪtɚətʃɚ/

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literature is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… i'm putting it out in the literature for …”

meaning of literature

Literature is the body of written works produced by human authors.

literature frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word literature occurs in english on average 33.1 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 literature 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 literature can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;