Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mutating

/mjˈuteɪtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables: mu-tat-ing
IPA: /mjˈuteɪtɪŋ/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of mutate

adj

Causing or tending to cause mutation.

adj

Having the ability to make changes to data other than its makeup.

Example Sentences

"The mutating process that cells undergo can lead to cancer."
"std::sort is a mutating algorithm."
"The begin() member of std::string returns a mutating iterator."

Derived Forms

nonmutating

Phrases

mutating table

Questions

How do you pronounce mutating?: The recorded pronunciation is /mjˈuteɪtɪŋ/.
What does mutating mean?: present participle and gerund of mutate

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