how to pronounce devouring

/dɪˈvaʊɚɪŋ/

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devouring is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… later I Marie was like devouring this …”

meanings of devouring

verb:

Present participle of devour.

noun:

The act by which something is devoured.

devouring frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word devouring occurs in english on average 1.7 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 devouring 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 devouring can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;