how to pronounce percentage
/pəˈsɛn.tɪdʒ/
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percentage is pronounced in three syllables
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An example use of percentage in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… signs in a URL that percentage sign …”
meaning of percentage
Percentage is a number that is a part of a whole.
percentage frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR
the word percentage occurs in english on average 28.2 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 percentage 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 percentage can be often used in the following areas:
1) business and work;
2) communication, information, and media;
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