Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pausing

/pˈɔzɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables: paus-ing
IPA: /pˈɔzɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of pause

Example Sentences

"And thus did the trumpets sound one-and-twenty blasts every day; […] three soundings at the three pausings of the music, […]"

Usage

Inflected Forms

pausings (plural)

Rhymes With

clausing

Questions

How do you pronounce pausing?: The recorded pronunciation is /pˈɔzɪŋ/.
What does pausing mean?: A pause.

How to pronounce pausing

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