how to pronounce sinking

/ˈsɪŋkɪŋ/

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sinking is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… level rise and sinking land and on the …”

meanings of sinking

verb:

Present participle of sink.

noun:

The process by which something sinks.

sinking frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word sinking occurs in english on average 6.6 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 sinking 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 sinking can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;