Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holding forth

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables
hold-ing -forth
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hold forth

Questions

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

How to pronounce holding forth

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