Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

open the attack

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English

Syllables: open the at-tack
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see open, attack: to begin attacking, to commence battle.

verb

Of a bowler: to bowl one of the first two overs.

Inflected Forms

opens the attack (present, singular) opening the attack (participle, present) opened the attack (participle, past) opened the attack (past)

Questions

What does open the attack mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see open, attack: to begin attacking, to commence battle.

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