how to pronounce borne

/ˈbɔːɹn/

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borne is pronounced in one syllable

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ɔː

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

“… who've borne the brunt more than half of …”

meanings of borne

verb:

Past participle of bear.

adjective:

Carried, supported.

borne frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word borne occurs in english on average 3.2 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 borne 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 borne can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;