how to pronounce offend

/əˈfɛnd/

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offend is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… uh you know further offend their sense …”

meaning of offend

Offend means to cause offense or to hurt someone's feelings.

offend frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word offend occurs in english on average 4.7 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 offend 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 offend can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;