how to pronounce clinging

/ˈklɪŋɪŋ/

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clinging is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… a female jogger was clinging to life …”

meanings of clinging

verb:

Present participle and gerund of cling.

noun:

The act of one who clings.

clinging frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word clinging occurs in english on average 4.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics clinging 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 clinging can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;