how to pronounce paralegal

/ˌpɛɹəˈliːɡəl/

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paralegal is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… prerequisites for the paralegal program …”

meaning of paralegal

A paralegal is a person who is qualified to provide legal assistance to a lawyer.

paralegal frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word paralegal occurs in english on average 1 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 paralegal 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 paralegal can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) education, science, and technology;