boil down to

boil down to

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [boil doun too]
- /bɔɪl daʊn tu/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [boil doun too]
- /bɔɪl daʊn tu/

Definitions of boil down to words

phrasal verb boil down to If you say that a situation or problem boils down to a particular thing or can be boiled down to a particular thing, you mean that this is the most important or the most basic aspect of it. 3
noun boil down to to be the essential element in something 3
noun boil down to to summarize; reduce to essentials 3
noun boil down to to mean, when summarized; amount to 3
transitivephrasal verb boil down to be essentially 1

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Parts of speech for Boil down to

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Boil down to

boil down to popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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