Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overdosing

/ˈoʊvɚdˌoʊsɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables: over-dos-ing
IPA: /ˈoʊvɚdˌoʊsɪŋ/

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of overdose

noun

An excessively large dose.

Example Sentences

"Much information of this kind lay ready to his hand in the narratives of poisonings and overdosings contained in medical literature."

Inflected Forms

overdosings (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce overdosing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈoʊvɚdˌoʊsɪŋ/.
What does overdosing mean?: present participle and gerund of overdose

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