Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

risking

/ɹˈɪskɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables: risk-ing
IPA: /ɹˈɪskɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of risk

noun

The act by which something is risked.

Example Sentences

"Those acts of others will, from the primary actor's perspective, be unjustified; thus, were they undertaken by the primary actor himself, they would be culpable riskings of harm."

Inflected Forms

riskings (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce risking?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈɪskɪŋ/.
What does risking mean?: present participle and gerund of risk

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