how to pronounce metamorphosis

/ˌmɛt.əˈmɔː.fə.sɪs/

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metamorphosis is pronounced in five syllables

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mɛtəmɔːfəsɪs

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

“… the terrible metamorphosis that took …”

meanings of metamorphosis

noun:

  1. A noticeable change in character, appearance, function or condition.
  2. A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development. (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog.).
  3. A change in the structure of a specific body tissue. Usually degenerative.
  4. A transformation, such as one performed by magic.

metamorphosis frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word metamorphosis occurs in english on average 1.1 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 metamorphosis 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 metamorphosis can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

2) life, nature, and living environment;

words with pronunciation similar to metamorphosis

metamorphosemetamorphism

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