how to pronounce outlier

/ˈaʊtˌlaɪ.əɹ/

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outlier is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… significant outlier for musculoskeletal …”

meanings of outlier

noun:

A part of a formation separated from the rest of the formation by erosion.
A person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.
A value in a statistical sample which does not fit a pattern that describes most other data points; specifically, a value that lies 1.5 IQR beyond the upper or lower quartile.

outlier frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word outlier occurs in english on average 0.1 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 outlier 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 outlier can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;

3) people, society, and culture;