How do you pronounce defeating?

The recorded pronunciation is /dɪfˈitɪŋ/.

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defeating

/dɪfˈitɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

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present participle and gerund of defeat

defeatingly

meeting eating beating treating competing cheating heating completing repeating seating greeting deleting

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