Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

abandoning

/əˈbændənɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.51 in modern English

Syllables: aban-don-ing
IPA: /əˈbændənɪŋ/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of abandon

noun

An act by which something or someone is abandoned; abandonment; neglect.

Example Sentences

"Many have been abandoning their homes due to the violence. (progressive)"
"Their abandoning their homes means no tax revenues for the county. (gerund)"
"An abandoning husband can be a precursor to bankruptcy. (participial adjective)"
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:abandoning."
"Their sensuality—[…] —their universal and insatiable lustings, and disgraceful abandonings of their unhappy victims— […] may not be credited by those who have not proof of such crimes."
"I […] owe the one who depends upon me the gentlest of abandonings, if I leave him."

Inflected Forms

abandonings (plural)

Derived Forms

unabandoning

Questions

How do you pronounce abandoning?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈbændənɪŋ/.
What does abandoning mean?: present participle and gerund of abandon

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