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meting

  1. present participle and gerund of mete

Noun edit

meting (plural metings)

  1. 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.

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Etymology edit

From meten +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: me‧ting

Noun edit

meting f (plural metingen, diminutive metinkje n)

  1. measurement

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Noun edit

meting f (genitive singular metingar, plural metingar)

  1. measurement, estimate

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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 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeː.tinɡ/, [ˈmeː.tiŋɡ]

Etymology 1 edit

From mētan (to draw, paint) +‎ -ing.

Noun edit

mēting f

  1. picture: drawing, painting
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"
      On ōðre wīsan wē sċēawiaþ mētinge and on ōðre wīsan stafas. Ne gǣþ nā māre tō mētinge būtan þæt þū hit ġesēo and herie. Nis nā ġenōg þæt þū stafas sċēawiġe būtan þū hīe ēac rǣde and þæt andġiet understande.
      We look at pictures in one way and letters in another. You don't do anything with a painting except see it and praise it. Looking at letters is not enough unless you also read them and understand the meaning.
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Etymology 2 edit

From mētan (to meet, encounter) +‎ -ing.

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mēting f

  1. meeting, assembly
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  • Middle English: meting, metynge