how to pronounce burst

/bɜːst/

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burst is pronounced in one syllable

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ɜː

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

“… something like a gamma-ray burst or a …”

meaning of burst

Burst means to break suddenly and violently.

burst frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word burst occurs in english on average 26 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 burst 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 burst can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;