how to pronounce seniority

/ˌsiː.niˈɒɹ.ə.ti/

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seniority is pronounced in five syllables

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

“… time he retired in 1993 his seniority on …”

meanings of seniority

noun:

A measure of the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization, as compared to other members, and with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been members longer.

seniority frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word seniority occurs in english on average 1.7 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 seniority 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 seniority can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;