how to pronounce incur

/ɪnˈkɜːɹ/

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incur is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… mebbe incur no this result was …”

meaning of incur

To incur means to cause or bring about.

incur frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word incur occurs in english on average 3.3 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 incur 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 incur can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;