Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retreating

/ɹitɹˈitɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

Syllables
re-treat-ing
IPA
/ɹitɹˈitɪŋ/
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of retreat

noun

The act of moving back from something; a retreat.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

retreatings (plural)

Rhymes With

meeting eating beating treating competing cheating heating completing repeating seating greeting defeating

Questions

How do you pronounce retreating?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹitɹˈitɪŋ/.
What does retreating mean?
present participle and gerund of retreat

How to pronounce retreating

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