how to pronounce categorical

/ˌkæt.əˈɡɒɹ.ɪ.kəl/

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categorical is pronounced in five syllables

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kætəɡɒɹɪkəl

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An example use of categorical in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… give a categorical guarantee that after …”

meanings of categorical

adjective:

  1. Absolute; having no exception.
  2. Of, pertaining to, or using a category or categories.

noun:

  1. A categorical proposition.

categorical frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word categorical occurs in english on average 1.4 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 categorical 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 categorical can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;

words that rhyme with categorical

rhetoricalhistorical

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