Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eating

/ˈi.tɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.85 in modern English

Syllables: eat-ing
IPA: /ˈi.tɪŋ/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of eat

adj

Bred to be eaten.

adj

Suitable to be eaten without being cooked.

noun

The act of ingesting food.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Food; cooking, cuisine.

Countable; Informal; Uncountable

noun

The act of corroding or consuming some substance.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"eating chickens; eating quails"
"Wait! That's not an eating apple."
"Arabs consider the eating of mushrooms as an aphrodisiac aid."
"I remember when we visited Aunt Martha's house, we had some really good eating!"
"These pears are good eating."

Etymology

From Middle English etynge, from Old English eting.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: etynge, eting

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈi.tɪŋ/
British English: /ˈiːtɪŋ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

eatings (plural)

Derived Forms

miseating

Phrases

eating apple biblical eating eating disorder eating habit eating house eating irons eating psychopathology emotional eating

Synonyms

dining consuming consumption feeding

Rhymes With

meeting beating treating competing cheating heating completing repeating seating greeting defeating deleting

Questions

How do you pronounce eating?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈi.tɪŋ/.
What does eating mean?: present participle and gerund of eat
Where does eating come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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