How do you pronounce reigning?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹeɪnɪŋ/.

reigning

/ˈɹeɪnɪŋ/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

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adj

verb

present participle and gerund of reign

"The reigning world heavyweight champion said he'd defend his title once more and then retire even if he won."
"The reigning monarch, King George VI, is commemorated by two express engines—G.W.R. "King" 4-6-0 No. 6028 and L.M.S.R. streamlined Pacific No. 6244—[…]."

nonreigning unreigning

regnant ruling

raining reining

training remaining containing maintaining explaining gaining complaining entertaining obtaining retaining raining campaigning

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