Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

freeing

/ˈfɹiːɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: free-ing
IPA: /ˈfɹiːɪŋ/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of free

noun

The act of making something free; liberation.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Making one free; causing someone to experience freedom.

Example Sentences

"However again, in these freeings of voices it should be observed that the African American Southern voice and character is framed within the freed European American Southern voice."
"The freeing of funding from a never-ending pipeline of expensive road schemes is going to happen over time, and will allow mult-modal schemes to be funded first."
"Reimagining a ’90s-style “cool” Marvel bad guy as a Universal Monster-style antihero is a great, potentially freeing idea for a superhero picture, providing the opportunity to connect otherwise disparate eras of comics and genre movies."

Usage

Inflected Forms

freeings (plural) more freeing (comparative) most freeing (superlative)

Derived Forms

freeingly unfreeing

Synonyms

liberating liberation release

Rhymes With

being well-being seeing skiing agreeing fleeing wellbeing peeing guaranteeing sightseeing disagreeing keying

Questions

How do you pronounce freeing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɹiːɪŋ/.
What does freeing mean?: present participle and gerund of free

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