Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retaining and explaining

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables
re-tain-ing and -ex-plain-ing
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of retain and explain

Questions

What does retaining and explaining mean?
present participle and gerund of retain and explain

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