how to pronounce disturb

/dɪsˈtɝb/

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disturb is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… Sun the Sun does not disturb the fabric …”

meaning of disturb

Disturb means to interrupt someone.

disturb frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word disturb occurs in english on average 3 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 disturb 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 disturb can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;