meting
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
meting
- present participle and gerund of mete
Noun edit
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.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: me‧ting
Noun edit
meting f (plural metingen, diminutive metinkje n)
Derived terms edit
Faroese edit
Noun edit
meting f (genitive singular metingar, plural metingar)
Usage notes edit
- leyslig meting - rough estimate
Declension edit
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
Etymology 1 edit
From mētan (“to draw, paint”) + -ing.
Noun edit
mēting f
- 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.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"
Declension edit
Declension of meting (strong ō-stem)
Synonyms edit
- tīefring (“painting”)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From mētan (“to meet, encounter”) + -ing.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
mēting f
Declension edit
Declension of meting (strong ō-stem)