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folk

US /foʊk/

noun, adjective Core · B1 Giải trí & truyền thông

Definition

people in general (often used in the plural)

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The festival features folk music from several countries in the region.

Synonyms

  • people(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
  • traditionalconsisting of or derived from tradition

Collocations

  • Easy folk music concert
    describing folk music concert (people in general (often used in the plural))
  • Medium business folk gathering
    describing business folk gathering (a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it)
  • Hard traditional folk art exhibition
    describing traditional folk art exhibition (consisting of or derived from tradition)
  • Very Hard folk wisdom fails econometric stress testing
    describing folk wisdom fails econometric stress testing (people in general (often used in the plural))

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