Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suppressing

/səpɹˈɛsɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables: sup-press-ing
IPA: /səpɹˈɛsɪŋ/

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of suppress

noun

The act by which something is suppressed; a suppression.

Example Sentences

"The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners."

Inflected Forms

more suppressing (comparative) most suppressing (superlative) suppressings (plural)

Derived Forms

myelosuppressing suppressingly

Rhymes With

dressing pressing blessing addressing expressing guessing depressing messing assessing possessing progressing stressing

Questions

How do you pronounce suppressing?: The recorded pronunciation is /səpɹˈɛsɪŋ/.
What does suppressing mean?: present participle and gerund of suppress

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