how to pronounce penitentiary
/ˌpɛnɪˈtɛntʃɚiː/
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penitentiary is pronounced in five syllables
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video examples of penitentiary pronunciation
An example use of penitentiary in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… State Penitentiary in Pennsylvania which …”
meaning of penitentiary
A penitentiary is a place of confinement for those who have committed serious crimes.
penitentiary frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word penitentiary occurs in english on average 0.4 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 penitentiary 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 penitentiary can be often used in the following areas:
1) people, society, and culture;
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