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overheating

/ˈoʊvɚhˌitɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables
over-heat-ing
IPA
/ˈoʊvɚhˌitɪŋ/
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of overheat

noun

A situation where something is overheated.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The situation where the productive capacity of an economy is unable to keep pace with growing aggregate demand, generally characterised by a below-average rate of economic growth, where growth is occurring at an unsustainable rate.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

overheatings (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce overheating?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈoʊvɚhˌitɪŋ/.
What does overheating mean?
present participle and gerund of overheat

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