Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

having something on good authority

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English

Syllables
hav-ing -some-thing on -good au-thor-i-ty
IPA
51
Scrabble Score
30
Letters
8
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of have something on good authority

Questions

What does having something on good authority mean?
present participle and gerund of have something on good authority

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