how to pronounce pacific

/pəˈsɪfɪk/

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pacific is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… team for Asia Pacific and I have to say …”

meanings of pacific

adjective:

Related to the Pacific Ocean.
Preferring peace by nature; avoiding violence.
Calm, peaceful.

name:

The Pacific Ocean.

noun:

A steam locomotive of the 4-6-2 wheel arrangement.

pacific frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word pacific occurs in english on average 18.4 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 pacific 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 pacific can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;