Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

standing on someone's shoulders

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables
stand-ing on -some-one's shoul-ders
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of stand on someone's shoulders

Questions

What does standing on someone's shoulders mean?
present participle and gerund of stand on someone's shoulders

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