how to pronounce jokes

/ˈdʒoʊks/

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jokes is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… aloud at his own personal jokes when he …”

meanings of jokes

adjective:

Funny or entertaining.
Really good.

noun:

Plural of joke.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of joke.

jokes frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word jokes occurs in english on average 17.7 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 jokes 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 jokes can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;