how to pronounce penultimate
/pəˈnʌl.tɪ.mət/
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penultimate is pronounced in four syllables
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video examples of penultimate pronunciation
An example use of penultimate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… so on your penultimate portion you look …”
meanings of penultimate
noun:
- The penultimate (next to lowest) card in a suit.
- The penultimate day of a month.
- The penultimate syllable of a word or metrical line.
- (uncommon) A penult, a next-to-last thing.
- The penultimate element of a collection of curves.
adjective:
- Relating to or denoting an element of a related collection of curves that is arbitrarily close to a degenerate form.
- Of or pertaining to a penult.
- Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.
penultimate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word penultimate occurs in english on average 1.6 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 penultimate 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 penultimate can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
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