Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

downing

/ˈdaʊnɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: down-ing
IPA: /ˈdaʊnɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of down

noun

An occasion on which something is downed.

noun

name

name

A city in Schuyler County, Missouri.

name

A village in Dunn County, Wisconsin.

name

Ellipsis of Downing College, Cambridge.

Informal

Example Sentences

"In several recent helicopter downings, the attackers used a variety of weapons[…]."
"This was not just a downing of fierce rivals for the home side, it was three precious points to go towards their quest to stay in the top flight."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

downings (plural)

Derived Forms

Downingtown

Phrases

Downing effect Downing Street

Rhymes With

drowning browning crowning frowning clowning chowning

Questions

How do you pronounce downing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdaʊnɪŋ/.
What does downing mean?: present participle and gerund of down

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