Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reverse-engineering

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables
re-verse-engi-neer-ing
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of reverse-engineer

Questions

What does reverse-engineering mean?
present participle and gerund of reverse-engineer

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