how to pronounce bother

/ˈbɒðɚ/

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bother is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of bother in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… for the us to bother invading so …”

meaning of bother

Bother means to cause trouble or annoyance.

bother frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word bother occurs in english on average 24.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) communication, information, and media;