Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bearing down

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables
bear-ing -down
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of bear down

Questions

What does bearing down mean?
present participle and gerund of bear down

How to pronounce bearing down

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