how to pronounce yore

/ˈjɔːɹ/

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yore is pronounced in one syllable

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ɔː

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

“… one of the folks of yore just said …”

meanings of yore

noun:

A time long past.

adverb:

In time long past; long ago.

yore frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word yore occurs in english on average 1 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 yore 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 yore can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;