Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

growing up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English

Syllables
grow-ing up
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of grow up

Questions

What does growing up mean?
present participle and gerund of grow up

How to pronounce growing up

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