how to pronounce provocative
/pɹoʊˈvɑːkətɪv/
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provocative is pronounced in four syllables
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An example use of provocative in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… said of night it's provocative when you …”
meanings of provocative
adjective:
- Serving or tending to excite, stimulate or arouse sexual interest; sexy.
- Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.
noun:
- Something that provokes an appetite, especially a sexual appetite; an aphrodisiac.
provocative frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR
the word provocative occurs in english on average 4.1 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 provocative 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 provocative can be often used in the following areas:
1) leisure and entertainment;
2) people, society, and culture;
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