how to pronounce substantive

/ˈsʌbstəntɪv/

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substantive is pronounced in three syllables

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sʌbstəntɪv

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

“… that were substantive I knew that there …”

meaning of substantive

Substantive means having substance or being real.

substantive frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word substantive occurs in english on average 2.8 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 substantive 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 substantive can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to substantive

substancesubstitutesubstances

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