how to pronounce laureate

/ˈlɒɹ.i.ət/

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laureate is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… Archipelago Nobel laureate and former …”

meanings of laureate

noun:

A graduate of a university.
One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.

adjective:

Crowned, or decked, with laurel.

verb:

To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at English universities.

laureate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word laureate 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 laureate 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 laureate can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;

3) people, society, and culture;