how to pronounce notorious
/noʊˈtɔːɹiːəs/
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notorious is pronounced in four syllables
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An example use of notorious in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… as the notorious austrian economist von …”
meanings of notorious
adjective:
- Widely known, especially for something negative; infamous.
notorious frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR
the word notorious occurs in english on average 7.2 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 notorious 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 notorious can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
2) people, society, and culture;
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