how to pronounce extravagance

/ɪkˈstɹæv.ə.ɡəns/

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extravagance is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… that space for sheer extravagance either …”

meanings of extravagance

noun:

Excessive or superfluous expenditure of money.
Prodigality, as of anger, love, expression, imagination, or demands.

extravagance frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word extravagance occurs in english on average 1.8 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 extravagance 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 extravagance can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;