Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

time being

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.79 in modern English

Syllables
time be-ing
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The present time.

Inflected Forms

the time being (canonical)

Phrases

for the time being

Synonyms

nonce

Questions

What does time being mean?
The present time.

How to pronounce time being

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