how to pronounce surprises

/sɚpˈɹaɪzɪz/

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surprises is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… question in terms of surprises one I was …”

meanings of surprises

noun:

Plural of surprise.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of surprise.

surprises frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word surprises occurs in english on average 12.2 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 surprises 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 surprises can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;