deepening

Other forms of deepening

plural

deepenings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about deepening

What does deepening mean?

deepening means "a process of becoming deeper and more profound". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in deepening?

deepening has 3 syllables: dee-pe-ning. The stress falls on "dee". In IPA it is /ˈdipənɪŋ/.

What is another word for deepening?

Close synonyms include thickening. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deepening a common word?

deepening is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.