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-ing
1a suffix of nouns formed from verbs, expressing the action of the verb or its result, product, material, etc. ( the art of building; a new building; cotton wadding ). It is also used to form nouns from words other than verbs ( offing; shirting ). Verbal nouns ending in -ing are often used attributively ( the printing trade ) and in forming compounds ( drinking song ). In some compounds ( sewing machine ), the first element might reasonably by regarded as the participial adjective, -ing2, the compound thus meaning “a machine that sews,” but it is commonly taken as a verbal noun, the compound being explained as “a machine for sewing.”
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| -ing1 | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| 1. | (from verbs) the action of, process of, result of, or something connected with the verb: coming; meeting; a wedding; winnings |
| 2. | (from other nouns) something used in, consisting of, involving, etc: tubing; soldiering |
| 3. | (from other parts of speech): an outing |
| [Old English -ing, -ung] | |
| -ing2 | |
| —suffix | |
| 1. | forming the present participle of verbs: walking; believing |
| 2. | forming participial adjectives: a growing boy; a sinking ship |
| 3. | forming adjectives not derived from verbs: swashbuckling |
| [Middle English -ing, -inde, from Old English -ende] | |
| -ing3 | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| a person or thing having a certain quality or being of a certain kind: sweeting; whiting | |
| [Old English -ing; related to Old Norse -ingr] | |
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Word Origin & History
-ing
suffix attached to verbs to mean their action, result, product, material, etc., from O.E. -ing, -ung, from P.Gmc. *unga (cf. O.N. -ing, Du. -ing, Ger. -ung). Originally used to form nouns from verbs and to denote completed or habitual action. Its use has been greatly expanded in M.E. and Mod.Eng. The
other use of -ing is to form the prp. of verbs, and in this sense it developed from O.E. -ende (cf. Ger. -end, Goth. -and, Skt. -ant, Gk. -on, L. -ans). It evolved into -ing in 13c.-14c.
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