how to pronounce suitable

/ˈsutəbəl/

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suitable is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… and much more suitable in scale to a man …”

meanings of suitable

adjective:

Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.

suitable frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word suitable occurs in english on average 16.8 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 suitable 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 suitable can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;