Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mating

/ˈmeɪtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: mat-ing
IPA: /ˈmeɪtɪŋ/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.

noun

Pairing of organisms for copulation.

noun

Sexual union; copulation.

verb

present participle and gerund of mate

Example Sentences

"The progeny of backcrosses and intercrosses will form some incrosses and some matings of other types."
"Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them."

Inflected Forms

matings (plural)

Derived Forms

postmating premating

Phrases

assortative mating mating bite mating call mating mark mating press mating season mating strategy positive assortative mating

Synonyms

pairing coupling conjugation union sexual union

Rhymes With

waiting dating creating rating relating stating hating skating awaiting updating debating translating

Questions

How do you pronounce mating?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmeɪtɪŋ/.
What does mating mean?: Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.

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