how to pronounce parasites

/ˈpɛɹəˌsaɪts/

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parasites is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… getting see sort of parasites that that …”

meanings of parasites

noun:

Plural of parasite.

parasites frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

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

1) life, nature, and living environment;