Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

standing at attention

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English

Syllables
stand-ing at at-ten-tion
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of stand at attention

Questions

What does standing at attention mean?
present participle and gerund of stand at attention

How to pronounce standing at attention

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