how to pronounce murk

/mɜːk/

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murk is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… kill Helen with murk refusing to let …”

meanings of murk

verb:

To murder or seriously injure.
To make murky or be murky; to cloud or obscure, or to be clouded or obscured.

adjective:

Dark, murky.

noun:

Darkness, or a dark or gloomy environment.

murk frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word murk occurs in english on average 0.5 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 murk 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 murk can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) life, nature, and living environment;