Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maintaining

/meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables
main-tain-ing
IPA
/meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ/
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of doing maintenance.

Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of maintain

Usage

Rhymes With

training remaining containing explaining gaining complaining entertaining obtaining retaining raining campaigning pertaining

Questions

How do you pronounce maintaining?
The recorded pronunciation is /meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ/.
What does maintaining mean?
The act of doing maintenance.

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