Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seeding

/ˈsiːdɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English

Syllables: seed-ing
IPA: /ˈsiːdɪŋ/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of seed

noun

The arrangement of positions in a tournament.

Example Sentences

"Everybody likes to second‐guess computers, including who seed the pros. Nothing could have better exposed the vulnerability of the computer seeding than the spectacle of clay‐court experts looking like weekend hackers on grass."

Inflected Forms

seedings (plural)

Derived Forms

hydroseeding macroseeding microseeding multiseeding

Phrases

cloud seeding cloud-seeding mast seeding seeding plough vaginal seeding

Homonyms

ceding

Rhymes With

reading leading feeding bleeding breeding needing misleading preceding speeding proceeding succeeding exceeding

Questions

How do you pronounce seeding?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsiːdɪŋ/.
What does seeding mean?: present participle and gerund of seed

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