how to pronounce surplus

/ˈsɝpləs/

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surplus is pronounced in two syllables

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video examples of surplus pronunciation

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

“… it's created a huge surplus for the …”

meaning of surplus

Surplus means more than is needed.

surplus frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word surplus occurs in english on average 3.6 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 surplus 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 surplus can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;