how to pronounce finalist

/ˈfaɪnəlɪst/

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finalist is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of finalist in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… here in DC ek Benz was a finalist for …”

meanings of finalist

noun:

Somebody or something that appears in the final stage of a competition.
A university student in his/her final year of study.

finalist frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word finalist occurs in english on average 2 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 finalist 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 finalist can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;

3) leisure and entertainment;

4) people, society, and culture;