meting

English

Pronunciation

Verb

meting

  1. present participle of mete

Noun

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.

Dutch

Etymology

From meten +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: me‧ting

Noun

meting f (plural metingen, diminutive metinkje n)

  1. measurement

Derived terms

Faroese

Noun

meting f (genitive singular metingar, plural metingar)

  1. 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
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