how to pronounce biting

/ˈbaɪtɪŋ/

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biting is pronounced in two syllables

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baɪtɪŋ

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An example use of biting in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… his dying rabid gesture biting her in …”

meanings of biting

adjective:

  1. Cutting or incisive.
  2. Causing a stinging sensation.
  3. Tending to bite.

verb:

  1. Present participle of bite.

noun:

  1. An instance of something being bitten.

biting frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word biting occurs in english on average 6.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics biting can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that biting can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;

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