meting
English
Pronunciation
- Homophone: meeting
Verb
meting
- present participle of mete
Noun
meting (plural metings)
- The act of one who metes; a distribution or handing out.
- 1964, William K. Bottorff, Twayne's United States Authors Series (volume 56, page 72)
- We are far more apt to yawn than to weep as we make our way through this series of loosely connected incidents, of unmotivated actions, of contrived metings-out of justice.
- 1964, William K. Bottorff, Twayne's United States Authors Series (volume 56, page 72)
Dutch
Etymology
From meten + -ing
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: me‧ting
Noun
meting f (plural metingen, diminutive metinkje n)
- measurement
Derived terms
- afmeting
Faroese
Noun
meting f (genitive singular metingar, plural metingar)
- measurement, estimate
Usage notes
- leyslig meting - rough estimate
Declension
| f6 | Singular | Plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | meting | metingin | metingar | metingarnar |
| Accusative | meting | metingina | metingar | metingarnar |
| Dative | meting | metingini | metingum | metingunum |
| Genitive | metingar | metingarinnar | metinga | metinganna |
Old English
Etymology
From mētan + -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeːtinɡ/, [ˈmeːtiŋɡ]
Noun
mēting f
- painting, picture
Declension
Declension of meting (strong ō-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mēting | mētinga, mētinge |
| accusative | mētinge | mētinga, mētinge |
| genitive | mētinge | mētinga |
| dative | mētinge | mētingum |
Related terms
- mētan
- mētere