how to pronounce fear

/ˈfɪɹ/

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fear is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… blues woman was this fear not only of …”

meaning of fear

Fear is a feeling of apprehension or dread caused by the anticipation of danger.

fear frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word fear occurs in english on average 126.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics fear 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 fear can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;