Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

giving up

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.13 in modern English

Syllables
giv-ing up
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of give up

Synonyms

forsaking yielding surrender

Questions

What does giving up mean?
present participle and gerund of give up

How to pronounce giving up

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