how to pronounce occasional
/əˈkɛɪ.ʒən.əl/
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occasional is pronounced in four syllables
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An example use of occasional in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… a roof down occasional yes yeah is it …”
meaning of occasional
Occasional means happening or done occasionally.
occasional frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR
the word occasional occurs in english on average 26.2 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 occasional 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 occasional can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
2) people, society, and culture;
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