how to pronounce hurry

/ˈhɝiː/

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hurry is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… all right these are having so hurry up …”

meaning of hurry

Hurry means to move or act with haste.

hurry frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word hurry occurs in english on average 14.3 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 hurry 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 hurry can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;