INGS

Proper noun

Ings (plural Ingses)

A surname.

Anagrams

• IGNs, NGIs, Sing, Sing., gins, nigs, sign, sing, sing., snig

Noun

ings

plural of ing

Anagrams

• IGNs, NGIs, Sing, Sing., gins, nigs, sign, sing, sing., snig

Source: Wiktionary


ING

-ing.

1. Etym: [For OE. -and, -end, -ind, AS. -ende; akin to Goth. -and-, L. -ant-, -ent-, Gr.

Definition: A suffix used to from present participles; as, singing, playing.

2. Etym: [OE. -ing, AS. -ing, -ung.]

Definition: A suffix used to form nouns from verbs, and signifying the act of; the result of the act; as, riding, dying, feeling. It has also a secondary collective force; as, shipping, clothing.

Note: The Old English ending of the present participle and verbal noun became confused, both becoming -ing.

3. Etym: [AS. -ing.]

Definition: A suffix formerly used to form diminutives; as, lording, farthing.

Ing, n. Etym: [AS. ing.]

Definition: A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low, near a river. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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