Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upon the whole matter

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English

Syllables
up-on the w-hole -mat-ter
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Archaic form of on the whole.

Archaic

Usage

Questions

What does upon the whole matter mean?
Archaic form of on the whole.

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