reigning
Meaning of reigning
verb
- To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.
He reigned in an autocratic manner.
- To reign over (a country)
- To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.
- To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.
Silence reigned.
- Currently ruling or holding a position.
The reigning world heavyweight champion said he'd defend his title once more and then retire even if he won.
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Hyphenation of reigning
reign-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- reigning is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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