how to pronounce polite

/pəˈlaɪt/

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polite is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… to be accepted in polite society to say …”

meaning of polite

Polite means courteous, well-mannered, and showing consideration for others.

polite frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word polite occurs in english on average 11.3 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 polite 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 polite can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;