Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pregnant construction

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English

Syllables: preg-nan-t -con-struc-tion
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An utterance in which more is implied than is said, such as "the beasts trembled forth from their dens" (i.e. trembling with fright)

Archaic

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

pregnant constructions (plural)

Questions

What does pregnant construction mean?: An utterance in which more is implied than is said, such as "the beasts trembled forth from their dens" (i.e. trembling with fright)

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