how to pronounce terminal

/ˈtɜː.mɪ.nəl/

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terminal is pronounced in three syllables

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ɜː

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video examples of terminal pronunciation

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

“… good on a scale of 1 to terminal hole so …”

meaning of terminal

Terminal means the last stop or end point of a journey.

terminal frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word terminal occurs in english on average 18.6 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 terminal 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 terminal can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;