Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shortening up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English

Syllables
short-en-ing up
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shorten up

Questions

What does shortening up mean?
present participle and gerund of shorten up

How to pronounce shortening up

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