Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wid

/wɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables: wid
IPA: /wɪd/

7

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep

Pronunciation spelling of with.

name

A river in Essex, England, which flows past Widford before joining the River Can just outside Chelmsford.

Example Sentences

"“An’ wid all d’ bringin’ up she had, how could she?” moaningly she asked of her son. “Wid all d’ talkin’ wid her I did an’ d’ t’ings I tol’ her to remember. When a girl is bringed up d’ way I bringed up Maggie, how kin she go teh d’ devil?”"
"1922, Eugene O'Neill, The Hairy Ape, http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=Z2ZgNkU5r18C&pg=PA258&lpg=PA258&sig=_ZQWa7a1p_C4jGCG0woMSdujZhw Oh, there was fine beautiful ships them days—clippers wid tall masts touching the sky—fine strong men in them—men that was sons of the sea as if ’twas the mother that bore them."
"1940, Shirley Graham, “It’s Morning,” in Black Female Playwrights, Kathy A Perkins ed. http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=ZV3afTMMSHsC&pg=PA221&lpg=PA221&sig=32zaTsB-Xv0Yi-dHcTbtr-8rNCA Cissie. But, when da saints ob God go marchin’ home Mah gal will sing! Wid all da pure, bright stars, Tuhgedder wid da mawnin’ stars—She’ll sing!"
"What's wid you, wise guy?"

Etymology

Variant of with.

Frequently Paired Words

with

Rhymes With

did kid mid id rid bid madrid it'd grid amid lid hid

Questions

How do you pronounce wid?: The recorded pronunciation is /wɪd/.
What does wid mean?: Pronunciation spelling of with.
Where does wid come from?: Variant of with.

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