how to pronounce marginal

/ˈmɑː.dʒɪ.nəl/

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marginal is pronounced in three syllables

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video examples of marginal pronunciation

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

“… if you're in a marginal seat and that is …”

meaning of marginal

Marginal means the edge of something, the outermost part of something.

marginal frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word marginal occurs in english on average 21.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) communication, information, and media;