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on the wind

on the wind
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [on, awn stressed th ee noun wind, literary wahynd]
    • /ɒn, ɔn stressed ði noun wɪnd, literary waɪnd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [on, awn stressed th ee noun wind, literary wahynd]
    • /ɒn, ɔn stressed ði noun wɪnd, literary waɪnd/

Definitions of on the wind words

  • noun on the wind as near as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing 0
  • noun on the wind approximately in the direction from which the wind is blowing 0
  • adverb on the wind (nautical) As close as possible to the direction that the wind is blowing. 0
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Parts of speech for On the wind

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
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on the wind popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% 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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