how to pronounce brakes

/ˈbɹɛɪks/

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brakes is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of brakes in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… mechanics are good brakes in the history …”

meanings of brakes

noun:

Plural of brake.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brake.

name:

Plural of Brake.

brakes frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word brakes occurs in english on average 4 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 brakes 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 brakes can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;