Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

constraining

/kənstɹˈeɪnɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

Syllables: con-strain-ing
IPA: /kənstɹˈeɪnɪŋ/

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of constrain

noun

The act by which something is constrained.

Example Sentences

"But the design of the '730s' wasn't just about the seating formation. The Metro-style walkthrough interior was chosen because it is much more spacious than the '323s', where the interconnecting doors between carriages, narrow central aisle, and cramped areas by the passenger doors had been deemed particularly constraining."
"In contrast to the (to be sure, productive) shapings and constrainings of human identities in the sociotechnical network, here we have an expansion of identity."

Inflected Forms

constrainings (plural)

Synonyms

confining constrictive limiting restricting

Rhymes With

training remaining containing maintaining explaining gaining complaining entertaining obtaining retaining raining campaigning

Questions

How do you pronounce constraining?: The recorded pronunciation is /kənstɹˈeɪnɪŋ/.
What does constraining mean?: present participle and gerund of constrain

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