looming

English

Etymology

From loom +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈluːmɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlumɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -uːmɪŋ
• Hyphenation: loom‧ing

Noun

looming (plural loomings)

1. gerund of loom: the condition of something that looms or towers.
   • 1850 May 1, Thomas Carlyle, “No. V. Stump-Orator.”, in Latter-Day Pamphlets, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 155:

     But if no world exist in the man; if nothing but continents of empty vapour, of greedy self-conceits, commonplace hearsays, and indistinct loomings of a sordid chaos exist in him, what will be the use of 'light' to show us that?

Verb

looming

1. present participle and gerund of loom

Estonian

Noun

looming (genitive loomingu, partitive loomingut)

1. creative work

Declension

Declension of looming (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		looming	loomingud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	loomingu
genitive			loomingute
partitive		loomingut	loominguid
illative		loomingusse	loomingutesse loominguisse
inessive		loomingus	loomingutes loominguis
elative		loomingust	loomingutest loominguist
allative		loomingule	loomingutele loominguile
adessive		loomingul	loomingutel loominguil
ablative		loomingult	loomingutelt loominguilt
translative		loominguks	loominguteks loominguiks
terminative		loominguni	loominguteni
essive		loominguna	loomingutena
abessive		loominguta	loominguteta
comitative		loominguga	loomingutega