how to pronounce severity

/sɪˈvɛɹ.ə.ti/

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severity is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… contributed to the severity of his covet …”

meanings of severity

noun:

The degree of something undesirable; badness or seriousness.
The state of being severe.

severity frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word severity occurs in english on average 7.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics severity 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 severity can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;