Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gaining steam

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables
gain-ing steam
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of gain steam

Questions

What does gaining steam mean?
present participle and gerund of gain steam

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