how to pronounce conservative

/kənˈsɜː.və.tɪv/

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conservative is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… a conservative estimate which means a …”

meaning of conservative

Conservative means a person who is opposed to change and favors traditional values.

conservative frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word conservative occurs in english on average 71.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics conservative 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 conservative can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;