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describing

How many syllables in describing?

  3 syllables

Divide describing into syllables:   de-scrib-ing
How to say describing:

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Synonyms for describing


2 syllables
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    3 syllables
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      What rhymes with describing

      1 syllable
      • bing
        3 syllables
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