Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

supporting

/səˈpɔɹtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.71 in modern English

Syllables: sup-port-ing
IPA: /səˈpɔɹtɪŋ/

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

verb

present participle and gerund of support

noun

That which supports something else; a support.

Example Sentences

"But supposing that heaven had a Lord, then all included in its overspreadings and supportings, throughout the myriad of states, and within the four seas, would invariably be under the government of Heaven's Lord […]"
"[…] the pumps could he installed at once on the completion of the pump-house supportings."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /səˈpɔɹtɪŋ/
British English: /səˈpɔːtɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

more supporting (comparative) most supporting (superlative) supportings (plural)

Derived Forms

nonsupporting supportingly unsupporting

Phrases

self-supporting supporting actor supporting actress supporting aircraft supporting arms supporting artillery supporting attack supporting character

Synonyms

load-bearing encouraging support

Rhymes With

reporting sporting sorting transporting exporting importing resorting courting snorting distorting purporting deporting

Questions

How do you pronounce supporting?: The recorded pronunciation is /səˈpɔɹtɪŋ/.
What does supporting mean?: That supports.

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