how to pronounce lyceum

/laɪˈsiː.əm/

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lyceum is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… reading at the Lyceum a common tactic to …”

meanings of lyceum

noun:

A public hall designed for lectures, readings, or concerts.
A school, especially European, at a stage between elementary school and college, a lycée.
An association for literary improvement.

name:

An ancient Greek temple in Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus.

lyceum frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word lyceum occurs in english on average 0.6 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 lyceum 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 lyceum can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;