Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rooting interest

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables: root-ing in-ter-est
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a desire for, or interest in, the success of a particular person or group, often a sports team

Example Sentences

"1945, {Unknown author}, Town Meeting "The very essence of drama is the creation of a rooting interest. In all your successful pictures, Connie, that rooting interest was the heroine, the character you played.""

Inflected Forms

rooting interests (plural)

Questions

What does rooting interest mean?: a desire for, or interest in, the success of a particular person or group, often a sports team

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