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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grown

/ɡɹoʊn/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.67 in modern English

Syllables
grown
IPA
/ɡɹoʊn/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of grow

adj

Covered by growth; overgrown.

adj

Of a person: adult.

American usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English growen. Morphologically grow + -n.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɡɹoʊn/
  • British English: /ɡɹəʊn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more grown (comparative) most grown (superlative)

Derived Forms

grownish homegrown ingrown intergrown mossgrown pregrown regrown undergrown ungrown weedgrown

Phrases

Empire-grown enough to make a grown man cry full-grown fully-grown grass-grown grown-up grown-up-ness grown-upness

Synonyms

grown-ass grown up mature adult big full-grown fully grown grownup

Homonyms

groan (toe–tow merger) (except some NZ speakers)

Rhymes With

own known phone well-known alone shown stone zone loan unknown tone bone

Questions

How do you pronounce grown?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹoʊn/.
What does grown mean?
past participle of grow
Where does grown come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce grown

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