how to pronounce numerous

/ˈnuːmɹəs/

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numerous is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… facebook banned numerous pages that …”

meanings of numerous

adjective:

Indefinitely large numerically, many. There are numerous definitions of the word 'man'.

numerous frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word numerous occurs in english on average 36.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics numerous 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 numerous can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;