humour

humour is part of the Basic English 850.

Other spellings

• humor

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /hju:m@/
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Noun

Singular humour

Plural humours

1. (uncountable) Humour is ideas that make people laugh: jokes, funny things.

   I like the stories she tells because they're full of humour.

Verb

Plain form humour

Third-person singular humours

Past tense humoured

Past participle humoured

Present participle humouring

1. (transitive) To humour someone is to agree with them only to make the them happy.

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