how to pronounce sphere

/sfɪəɹ/

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sphere is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… were in the scientific sphere one of the …”

meaning of sphere

A sphere is a round object that is all the same size.

sphere frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word sphere occurs in english on average 12.5 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 sphere 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 sphere can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

2) life, nature, and living environment;