Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bating

/ˈbeɪtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.82 in modern English

Syllables: bat-ing
IPA: /ˈbeɪtɪŋ/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of bate

prep

Apart from; except.

Archaic

adj

Of the moon, when it is waning.

Example Sentences

"[A]nd bating a little wilfulness, and a little selfishness, and a little dandification, I don’t know a more honest, or loyal, or gentle creature."
"‘The laws of religious society, bating those which are only subservient to the order necessary to their execution, are immutable, not subject to any authority of the society, but only proposed by and within the society, but made by a lawgiver without the society, and paramount to it.’"
"I replied, That he was a very unworthy man, if it were true, to speak slightingly of a family, which was as good as his own, bating that it was not allied to the peerage […]."
"There is but little I have heard from you which I did not expect to hear, and which I ought not to have expected; because, bating one circumstance, it is all very true."

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more bating (comparative) most bating (superlative)

Homonyms

baiting

Rhymes With

waiting dating lady-in-waiting creating rating stating hating skating mating vibrating grating plating

Questions

How do you pronounce bating?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbeɪtɪŋ/.
What does bating mean?: present participle and gerund of bate

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