Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holding firm

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.54 in modern English

Syllables
hold-ing -firm
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hold firm

Questions

What does holding firm mean?
present participle and gerund of hold firm

How to pronounce holding firm

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