Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

investing

/ˌɪnvˈɛstɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: in-vest-ing
IPA: /ˌɪnvˈɛstɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of invest

noun

The act of something being invested; an investment.

Inflected Forms

investings (plural)

Phrases

eco-investing green investing growth investing paper investing value investing

Synonyms

investment

Rhymes With

testing suggesting resting requesting protesting arresting nesting contesting molesting ingesting digesting vesting

Questions

How do you pronounce investing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪnvˈɛstɪŋ/.
What does investing mean?: present participle and gerund of invest

How to pronounce investing

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