how to pronounce urge

/ɜːdʒ/

audio example by a male speaker

audio example by a female speaker

the above transcription of urge 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.

urge is pronounced in one syllable

press buttons with phonetic symbols to learn how to precisely pronounce each sound of urge

1.

ɜː

example pitch curve for pronunciation of urge

test your pronunciation of urge

press the "test" button to check how closely you can replicate the pitch of a native speaker in your pronunciation of urge

video examples of urge pronunciation

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

“… experiment but I lost the urge to do …”

meaning of urge

Urge means to urge on or incite to action.

urge frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word urge occurs in english on average 13.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;