Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

breaking down

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.71 in modern English

Syllables
break-ing -down
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of break down

Questions

What does breaking down mean?
present participle and gerund of break down

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