how to pronounce cry

/kɹaɪ/

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cry is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… a rallying cry for unionists on both …”

meaning of cry

Cry means to shed tears.

cry frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word cry occurs in english on average 32.8 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 cry 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 cry can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;