how to pronounce complain

/kəmˈplɛɪn/

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complain is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… right so i shouldn't complain about this …”

meaning of complain

Complain means to express dissatisfaction or unhappiness about something.

complain frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word complain occurs in english on average 18.9 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 complain 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 complain can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;