how to pronounce skies

/ˈskaɪz/

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skies is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… degrees clear skies and Sun today's …”

meanings of skies

noun:

Plural of sky.
Plural of skie.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sky.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ski.

skies frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word skies occurs in english on average 12.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) leisure and entertainment;

2) life, nature, and living environment;

3) transport and travel;