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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oov

/uːv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables
oov
IPA
/uːv/
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An item in a television (especially news) broadcast consisting of pictures alone, to be played on screen while the presenter continues to talk out of vision and provide commentary.

prep_phrase

Initialism of out of vocabulary: describing a term encountered in the input which is not present in a system's dictionary or database of known terms.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

OOVs (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce oov?
The recorded pronunciation is /uːv/.
What does oov mean?
An item in a television (especially news) broadcast consisting of pictures alone, to be played on screen while the presenter continues to talk out of vision and provide commentary.

How to pronounce oov

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