Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

headedness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: head-ed-ness
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of having a particular type of head (in various senses).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"An analysis of the historical change that led to the development of second-position clitics in Old Bulgarian is proposed that implicates a switch in the parameter of headedness of TP."
"We can sometimes see evidence for a particular headedness direction among head-dependency pairs, in the form of a more compressed grammar."

Etymology

From headed + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: headed

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

big-headedness clear-headedness cool-headedness hot-headedness level-headedness light-headedness stag-headedness woolly-headedness

Frequently Paired Words

big-headedness clear-headedness cool-headedness headlessness hot-headedness level-headedness light-headedness redheadedness

Questions

What does headedness mean?: The state or quality of having a particular type of head (in various senses).
Where does headedness come from?: From headed + -ness.

How to pronounce headedness

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