Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overretention

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-re-ten-tion
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excessive retention.

Uncountable

Etymology

From over- + retention.

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Usage

Questions

What does overretention mean?
Excessive retention.
Where does overretention come from?
From over- + retention.

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