Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waiting period

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables
wait-ing pe-ri-od
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A certain amount of time of required delay before some other action is allowed.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does waiting period mean?
A certain amount of time of required delay before some other action is allowed.

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