Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

modernizing

/mˈɑdɚnˌaɪzɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables
mod-ern-iz-ing
IPA
/mˈɑdɚnˌaɪzɪŋ/
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of modernize

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

more modernizing (comparative) most modernizing (superlative) modernising (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce modernizing?
The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɑdɚnˌaɪzɪŋ/.
What does modernizing mean?
Reformist; tending to modernize.

How to pronounce modernizing

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