Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

luring

/lˈʊɹɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables: lur-ing
IPA: /lˈʊɹɪŋ/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of lure

noun

Example Sentences

"Perhaps the most striking instance of this desired appropriation of color, particularly the color that Pope associated with nature and, through nature, with the muse and all her feminine lurings, can be found in Windsor-Forest […]"
"[…] the criminals […] carry on with all their endeavours for many months or even years, building up a reputation of invulnerability in the process and thus presenting a bad example to those susceptible to the seemingly profitable lurings of crime."

Inflected Forms

lurings (plural)

Rhymes With

during ensuring securing touring enduring reassuring curing turing maturing assuring alluring procuring

Questions

How do you pronounce luring?: The recorded pronunciation is /lˈʊɹɪŋ/.
What does luring mean?: present participle and gerund of lure

How to pronounce luring

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