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twelve-step program

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables
twelve-step pro-gram
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An entity or plan which assists people in recovering from addiction through which an organized series of actions, usually including group discussion with people having the same problem.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

twelve-step programs (plural) twelve step program (alternative) twelve step programme (alternative)

Phrases

twelve-stepper twelve-step group twelve-step meeting

Questions

What does twelve-step program mean?
An entity or plan which assists people in recovering from addiction through which an organized series of actions, usually including group discussion with people having the same problem.

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