Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

request for comments

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

Syllables: re-quest -for -com-ments
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A document which describes techniques or methods to obtain specified objectives. The name implies that the document is perfectible, yet, its publication is a strong invitation to follow the guidelines until an agreed modification replaces it.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

requests for comments (plural)

Synonyms

RFC

Questions

What does request for comments mean?: A document which describes techniques or methods to obtain specified objectives. The name implies that the document is perfectible, yet, its publication is a strong invitation to follow the guidelines until an agreed modification replaces it.

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