how to pronounce centurion
/sɛnˈtjʊə.ɹi.ən/
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the above transcription of centurion is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.
centurion is pronounced in four syllables
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video examples of centurion pronunciation
An example use of centurion in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… Iraq and Syria centurion tanks had been …”
meanings of centurion
noun:
- A player who scores a century.
- An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.
- A pilot in the United States Navy who has performed 100 night landings on an aircraft carrier.
centurion frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word centurion occurs in english on average 0.7 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 centurion 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 centurion can be often used in the following areas:
1) transport and travel;
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