how to pronounce concern

/kənˈsɜːn/

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concern is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… be top of my concern list of things to …”

meaning of concern

Concern means worry or anxiety about something.

concern frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word concern occurs in english on average 104.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;