Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rebracketing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-brack-et-ing
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process by which a word originally derived from one source is broken down or bracketed into a different set of factors.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From re- + bracketing.

Usage

Inflected Forms

rebracketings (plural) re-bracketing (alternative)

Phrases

folk etymology surface analysis

Frequently Paired Words

folk etymology libfix reanalysis surface analysis

Synonyms

metanalysis misdivision resegmentation

Questions

What does rebracketing mean?: The process by which a word originally derived from one source is broken down or bracketed into a different set of factors.
Where does rebracketing come from?: From re- + bracketing.

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