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conferring

/kənfˈɝɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables
con-fer-ring
IPA
/kənfˈɝɪŋ/
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of confer

noun

The act of one who confers.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

conferrings (plural)

Rhymes With

referring occurring transferring recurring stirring preferring blurring incurring purring deferring deterring inferring

Questions

How do you pronounce conferring?
The recorded pronunciation is /kənfˈɝɪŋ/.
What does conferring mean?
present participle and gerund of confer

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