how to pronounce radical

/ˈɹædɪkəl/

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radical is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… they go into a radical bookstore or a …”

meaning of radical

Radical means extreme or thoroughgoing.

radical frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word radical occurs in english on average 21.2 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 radical 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 radical can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;