Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

breaking one's word

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English

Syllables
break-ing one's -word
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of break one's word

Questions

What does breaking one's word mean?
present participle and gerund of break one's word

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