how to pronounce obsess

/əbˈsɛs/

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obsess is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… both of those at people that obsess and …”

meanings of obsess

verb:

To dominate the thoughts of someone.
To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion.
To think or talk obsessively about.

obsess frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word obsess occurs in english on average 0.1 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 obsess 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 obsess can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;