Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ranging

/ɹˈeɪndʒɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English

Syllables: rang-ing
IPA: /ɹˈeɪndʒɪŋ/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of range

noun

The act of one who ranges.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A back-and-forth movement.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter."
"[…] the elite warrior class and their sexual rangings in pursuit of extratribal wives […]"

Usage

Inflected Forms

rangings (plural)

Derived Forms

autoranging nonranging bushranging overranging

Phrases

free-ranging long-ranging ranging pole ranging rod rump-ranging wide-ranging

Rhymes With

changing arranging exchanging rearranging unchanging shortchanging prearranging

Questions

How do you pronounce ranging?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈeɪndʒɪŋ/.
What does ranging mean?: present participle and gerund of range

How to pronounce ranging

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