Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seeing the forest for the trees

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables
see-ing the -forest -for the trees
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of see the forest for the trees

Questions

What does seeing the forest for the trees mean?
present participle and gerund of see the forest for the trees

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