Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perseverating

/pəˈsɛvəɹeɪtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-se-ver-at-ing
IPA: /pəˈsɛvəɹeɪtɪŋ/

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of perseverate

adj

Exhibiting perseveration; persisting, continuing.

Example Sentences

"The uses in many Western languages of words meaning ‘word’ to refer to acts of speech are perseverating traces of primary orality."

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /pəˈsɛvəɹeɪtɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

more perseverating (comparative) most perseverating (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce perseverating?: The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈsɛvəɹeɪtɪŋ/.
What does perseverating mean?: present participle and gerund of perseverate

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