Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taking the offensive

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English

Syllables
tak-ing the of-fen-sive
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of take the offensive

Questions

What does taking the offensive mean?
present participle and gerund of take the offensive

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