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The correct spelling is yearn.

How to pronounce yearn

/jɜːn/
verb

IPA: /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. 1.To long, have a strong desire (for something).
  2. 2.To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically.
  3. 3.To have strong feelings of love, sympathy, affection, etc. (toward someone).
  4. 4.To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
  5. 5.To pain; to grieve; to vex.

noun

  1. 1.Yearning; yen.

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