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List phrases that spell out -ing 

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  1. -ing, -ing: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
  2. -ing, -ing: Wordnik [home, info]
  3. -ing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
  4. -ing: Wiktionary [home, info]
  5. -ing: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  6. -ing: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  7. -ing: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  8. -ing: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  9. -ing: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  10. -ing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  11. -ing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  12. -ing: MyWord.info [home, info]

Quick definitions (-ing)

  • () A suffix formerly used to form diminutives; as, lording, farthing.
  • () 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.
  • () A suffix used to from present participles; as, singing, playing.

    (This definition is from the 1913 Webster's Dictionary and may be outdated.)
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