3syllables
quickening
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quickening is a polysyllabic word with 3 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, quickening is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofquickening
1verb
- To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive.
- To come back to life, receive life.
- To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be roused, excited.
- Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move.
- To make quicker; to hasten, speed up.
- To become faster.
Example: "My heartbeat quickened when I heard him approach."
- To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper.
Example: "to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced"
1noun
- An increase of speed.
- The action of bringing someone or something to life.
- The first noticable movements of a foetus during pregnancy, or the period when this occurs.
- Stimulation, excitement (of a feeling, emotion etc.).
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