Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taking up a collection

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.81 in modern English

Syllables
tak-ing up a -col-lec-tion
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of take up a collection

Questions

What does taking up a collection mean?
present participle and gerund of take up a collection

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