Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

up and coming

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.35 in modern English

Syllables
up- and -com-ing
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Inflected Forms

more up and coming (comparative) most up and coming (superlative)

Questions

What does up and coming mean?
Alternative form of up-and-coming.

How to pronounce up and coming

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