how to pronounce taxonomy

/tækˈsɒn.ə.mi/

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taxonomy is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… out the taxonomy of it to understand …”

meanings of taxonomy

noun:

A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
The science or the technique used to make a classification.

taxonomy frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word taxonomy occurs in english on average 1.3 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 taxonomy 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 taxonomy can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;