how to pronounce dodge

/ˈdɑːdʒ/

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dodge is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… chasing after a white dodge durango and …”

meanings of dodge

name:

A surname.
A census-designated place in Oklahoma.
A placename.
A city and village in North Dakota.
A village in Nebraska.
A town in Wisconsin.
A brand of motor vehicle.

verb:

To go hither and thither.
To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
To trick somebody.
To decrease the exposure for certain areas of an image in order to make them darker (compare burn).
To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
To avoid; to sidestep.

noun:

A line of work.
An act of dodging.
A trick, evasion or wile.

adjective:

Dodgy.

dodge frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word dodge occurs in english on average 4.1 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 dodge 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 dodge can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;

2) transport and travel;