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eating

How many syllables in eating?

  2 syllables

Divide eating into syllables:   eat-ing
Stressed syllable in eating:   eat-ing
How to pronounce eating:   eet-ing
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Define eating



verb
  1. to eat
  2. to consume
  3. to get sustenance
  4. to put food in mouth, chew, and swallow
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Synonyms for eating


2 syllables
  • intake
3 syllables

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What rhymes with eating

2 syllables
  • beating
  • eatings
  • greeting
  • Keating
  • meting
  • sheeting
  • treating
  • cheating
  • fleeting
  • heating
  • meeting
  • seating
  • sweeting
3 syllables
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