how to pronounce ordinal

/ˈɔː.dɪ.nəl/

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ordinal is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… off the scale massive ordinal which is …”

meanings of ordinal

adjective:

Intercardinal.
Pertaining to a taxon at the rank of order.
Indicating position in a sequence.

noun:

An ordinal number such as first, second and third.
A book used in the ordination of Anglican ministers, or in certain Roman Catholic services.

ordinal frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word ordinal occurs in english on average 0.3 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 ordinal 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 ordinal can be often used in the following areas:

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