how to pronounce metropolitan

/ˌmɛtɹəˈpɑːlətən/

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metropolitan is pronounced in five syllables

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example pitch curve for pronunciation of metropolitan

mɛtɹəpɑːlətən

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

“… building the Metropolitan Opera House in …”

meaning of metropolitan

Metropolitan means a city that is the seat of a bishop.

metropolitan frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word metropolitan occurs in english on average 6.3 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 metropolitan 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 metropolitan can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;

words that rhyme with metropolitan

cosmopolitan

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