how to pronounce dogs

/ˈdɑːɡz/

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dogs is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… or playing with my dogs and like i …”

meanings of dogs

noun:

Feet, from rhyming slang dog's meat.
Plural of dog.
Fasteners securing a watertight hatch.
A greyhound racing event; the sport of greyhound racing.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dog.

dogs frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word dogs occurs in english on average 64.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics dogs 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 dogs can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;

2) transport and travel;