Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raising the alarm

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables
rais-ing the alarm
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of raise the alarm

Questions

What does raising the alarm mean?
present participle and gerund of raise the alarm

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