Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

running a temperature

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.54 in modern English

Syllables
run-ning a tem-per-a-ture
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of run a temperature

Questions

What does running a temperature mean?
present participle and gerund of run a temperature

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