how to pronounce interest

/ˈɪn.tɹəst/

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interest is pronounced in two syllables

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ɪntɹəst

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

“… and taking an interest in everything …”

meaning of interest

Interest means to be interested in something.

interest frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word interest occurs in english on average 276.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;

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