how to pronounce worm

/wɜːm/

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worm is pronounced in one syllable

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ɜː

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

“… my dad says it looks like worm is first …”

meaning of worm

Worm is a type of worm that lives in the ground.

worm frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word worm occurs in english on average 6 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 worm 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 worm can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) life, nature, and living environment;