meting

English

Pronunciation

• Homophone: meeting

Verb

meting

1. present participle and gerund 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

• afmeting

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

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.tinɡ/, [ˈmeː.tiŋɡ]

Etymology 1

From mētan (“to draw, paint”) +‎ -ing.

Noun

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.

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	mēting	mētinga, mētinge
accusative	mētinge	mētinga, mētinge
genitive	mētinge	mētinga
dative	mētinge	mētingum

Synonyms

• tīefring (“painting”)

Related terms

• mētan
• mētere (“painter”)

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• mētincg, mœ̄ting

Noun

mēting f

1. meeting, assembly

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	mēting	mētinga, mētinge
accusative	mētinge	mētinga, mētinge
genitive	mētinge	mētinga
dative	mētinge	mētingum

Related terms

• ġemēting
• ġemitting

Descendants

• Middle English: meting, metynge
  • English: meeting
  • Scots: meting, meiting