How do you pronounce avoiding?

The recorded pronunciation is /əˈvɔɪdɪŋ/.

avoiding

/əˈvɔɪdɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.07 in modern English

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verb

present participle and gerund of avoid

noun

"Have you been avoiding me? (as progressive form of avoid)"
"I noted his carefully avoiding eye contact. (as present participle)"
"I noted his careful avoiding of eye contact. (as gerund)"
"Two classes of people she had chosen to avoid, having been driven to such avoidings by her aunt's preferences; marquises and such-like, whether wicked or otherwise, she had eschewed, and had eschewed likewise all Low Church tendencies."

avoidings (plural)

voiding

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