how to pronounce nearing

/ˈnɪɹɪŋ/

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nearing is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… will be nearing 160 million people …”

meanings of nearing

verb:

Present participle of near.

name:

A surname.

nearing frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word nearing occurs in english on average 3.8 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 nearing 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 nearing can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;