how to pronounce jfk

/ˌdʒɛɪˌɛfˈkɛɪ/

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jfk is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… like first there was jfk um and his …”

meanings of jfk

name:

Either of two US navy aircraft carriers.
John F. Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, MA.
John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge, Louisville, KY.
Any of numerous schools in the US.
A half-dollar coin in honor of the president.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (US president).
John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City, or the IATA code for this airport.
Buildings, facilities, ships, bridges, highways, and other public works informally known as the JFK or JFK, especially.

verb:

To hold similar political beliefs or behave in a similar manner to John F. Kennedy.
To put to death; to assassinate, especially for political reasons.
To conduct research about the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

jfk frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word jfk occurs in english on average 3.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) transport and travel;