Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leaps and bounds

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: leap-s and bounds
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dramatic improvements.

adv

Considerably; significantly.

Example Sentences

"“And how did he make his money?” “In mining. He had nothing a few years ago. Then he struck gold, invested it, and came up by leaps and bounds.”"
"[…]although they have made leaps and bounds in some areas, they're still using some of the same medications that they used on my brother 31 years ago with this particular disease[…]"
"Our company has progressed leaps and bounds this year."
"[…] the Afghan War showed that America's ability to project power from a distance had improved leaps and bounds since the 1990 Gulf War."

Questions

What does leaps and bounds mean?: Dramatic improvements.

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