how to pronounce joke

/ˈdʒoʊk/

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joke is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… are in on the joke and recognize how …”

meaning of joke

A joke is a humorous story or piece of information that is intended to cause laughter.

joke frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word joke occurs in english on average 31.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) communication, information, and media;