Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

establishing

/ɪˈstæblɪʃɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: es-tab-lish-ing
IPA: /ɪˈstæblɪʃɪŋ/

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of establish

noun

The act by which something is established; establishment.

Example Sentences

"For Marx, it is true, the collapse of capitalism and the communist millennium were 'necessary' in a different sense from that in which capitalism had, as he believed, evolved from feudalism. No one, at the time, had set himself the aim of 'establishing capitalism'."
"This course consists of the overturnings and establishings of the various successive empires under which the Church of Christ, both in its Jewish and Christian state, should exist […]"

Inflected Forms

establishings (plural)

Phrases

establishing shot

Rhymes With

reestablishing

Questions

How do you pronounce establishing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪˈstæblɪʃɪŋ/.
What does establishing mean?: present participle and gerund of establish

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