how to pronounce scorn

/skɔːn/

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the above transcription of scorn is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

scorn is pronounced in one syllable

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ɔː

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

“… right as far as the scorn goes all right …”

meaning of scorn

Scorn means to feel or express contempt or disgust.

scorn frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word scorn occurs in english on average 3.8 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 scorn 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 scorn can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;