how to pronounce вообще

/vɐɐpˈɕːe/

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вообще is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of вообще in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… вот это от и вообще лучше не придумаешь …”

meanings of вообще

adverb:

Anyway.
Altogether, on the whole.
At all.
Always, usually.
Generally, in general.

вообще frequency in russian - A1 level of CEFR

the word вообще occurs in russian on average 547.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.