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The correct spelling is yearn.
How to pronounce yearn
/jɜːn/
verbIPA: /jɜːn/
Say it like: Yee-rn
The correct spelling is yearn. To long, have a strong desire (for something). For example: "All I yearn for is a simple life."
Usage Examples
“All I yearn for is a simple life.”
“1917 August 12, "A YEARN FOR PEACE; Pan-Germanism Denounced" Sunday Times (Perth, WA) p.1”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To long, have a strong desire (for something).
- 2.To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically.
- 3.To have strong feelings of love, sympathy, affection, etc. (toward someone).
- 4.To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
- 5.To pain; to grieve; to vex.
noun
- 1.Yearning; yen.
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