Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contravening

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables
con-tra-ven-ing
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of contravene

Derived Forms

Questions

What does contravening mean?
present participle and gerund of contravene

How to pronounce contravening

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