Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

closing the books

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables
clos-ing the -books
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle of close the books

Questions

What does closing the books mean?
present participle of close the books

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