Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seizing

/ˈsizɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: seiz-ing
IPA: /ˈsizɪŋ/

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of seize

noun

The act of grabbing or taking possession.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Something seized.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A type of lashing or binding by a small cord.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A type of lashing or binding by a small cord.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

That seizes the attention; impressive.

Example Sentences

"The pirates buried their seizings and marked the map with an X."
"Cut your seizings and draw the poles, ye harpooneers!” Silently obeying the order, the three harpooneers now stood with the detached iron part of their harpoons, some three feet long, held, barbs up, before him."
"It is a world of seizing visual beauty, of shimmering whites and yellows that shift to glowing apricot, pink and violet with the sinking of the saturant sun."

Etymology

From seize + -ing.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈsizɪŋ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

seizings (plural) more seizing (comparative) most seizing (superlative)

Synonyms

grasping taking hold prehension

Rhymes With

freezing pleasing teasing squeezing easing sneezing wheezing appeasing thesing breezing siezing

Questions

How do you pronounce seizing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsizɪŋ/.
What does seizing mean?: present participle and gerund of seize
Where does seizing come from?: From seize + -ing.

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