how to pronounce characteristic
/ˌkæɹ.ək.təˈɹɪs.tɪk/
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characteristic is pronounced in five syllables
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An example use of characteristic in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… it but it's actually characteristic of a …”
meaning of characteristic
Characteristic means a distinguishing feature or quality of something.
characteristic frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR
the word characteristic occurs in english on average 30.5 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 characteristic 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 characteristic can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
2) education, science, and technology;
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