how to pronounce emeritus

/ɪˈmɛɹ.ɪ.təs/

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emeritus is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… well I'm an emeritus professor of …”

meanings of emeritus

adjective:

Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title.

noun:

A person retired in this sense.

emeritus frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word emeritus occurs in english on average 0.5 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 emeritus 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 emeritus can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;