Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

racing

/ˈɹeɪsɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English

Syllables: rac-ing
IPA: /ˈɹeɪsɪŋ/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The sport of competing in races.

Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of race

Example Sentences

"Chariot racings are probably, however, those in which the horse first distinguished himself as a courser, and we believe our earliest notices on the subject point to those of Persia, which were practised at the sacrifices made to the sun […]"
"The war years have not greatly altered running conditions on the East Coast route north of Edinburgh. It was never a racing ground, and the heavier loads and the possibility of indifferent coal have been only partially balanced by the increases in running times of the principal trains."

Etymology

By surface analysis, race + -ing.

Usage

Uncountable

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Sports.

Inflected Forms

racings (plural)

Derived Forms

antiracing footracing greycing nonracing preracing racinglike racingly

Phrases

automobile racing auto racing banger racing bathtub racing bracket racing British racing green car racing dog racing

Rhymes With

facing placing replacing chasing embracing tracing spacing casing pacing basing bracing erasing

Questions

How do you pronounce racing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹeɪsɪŋ/.
What does racing mean?: The sport of competing in races.
Where does racing come from?: By surface analysis, race + -ing.

How to pronounce racing

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