Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sizing up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables
siz-ing up
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of size up

Questions

What does sizing up mean?
present participle and gerund of size up

How to pronounce sizing up

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