how to pronounce surveillance
/sɚˈvɛɪləns/
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surveillance is pronounced in three syllables
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An example use of surveillance in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… creepy surveillance camera stalker …”
meanings of surveillance
noun:
- In criminal law, an investigation process by which police gather evidence about crimes, or suspected crime, through continued observation of persons or places.
- Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.
- Systematic observation of places and people by visual, aural, electronic, photographic or other means.
- Continuous monitoring of disease occurrence for example.
surveillance frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR
the word surveillance occurs in english on average 6.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics surveillance 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 surveillance can be often used in the following areas:
1) business and work;
2) communication, information, and media;
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