shrinking

Other forms of shrinking

plural

shrinkings·

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 shrinking

What does shrinking mean?

shrinking means "process or result of becoming less or smaller". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shrinking?

shrinking has 2 syllables: shrin-king. The stress falls on "shrin". In IPA it is /ˈʃɹɪŋkɪŋ/.

What is another word for shrinking?

Close synonyms include shrinkage. 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 shrinking a common word?

shrinking is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.