spoon-fed

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [spoon fed]
- /spun fɛd/
- /spuːn fed/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [spoon fed]
- /spun fɛd/

Definitions of spoon-fed word

adjective spoon-fed fed with a spoon. 1
adjective spoon-fed treated with excessive solicitude; pampered. 1
adjective spoon-fed given no opportunity to act or think for oneself: Having always been spoon-fed, I couldn't meet the challenge of college. 1
verb with object spoon-fed to cause to be spoon-fed. 1
adjective spoon-fed infant: given food by spoon 1

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Origin of spoon-fed

First appearance:

before 1900

One of the 17% newest English words

First recorded in 1900-05

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Parts of speech for Spoon-fed

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Spoon-fed

spoon-fed popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 57% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.