how to pronounce ombudsman

/ˈɑːmbədzmən/

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ombudsman is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… the ombudsman program evolved or changed …”

meanings of ombudsman

noun:

A designated internal mediator in an organization whose duty is to assist members with conflict resolution and other problems and to serve as an independent consultant to recommend changes to policies or procedures to improve organization effectiveness, efficiency, and humaneness.
An appointed official whose duty is to investigate complaints, generally on behalf of individuals such as consumers or taxpayers, against institutions such as companies and government departments.

ombudsman frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word ombudsman occurs in english on average 1.2 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 ombudsman 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 ombudsman can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;