Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beaming

/bˈimɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables: beam-ing
IPA: /bˈimɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Smilingly happy; showing happy emotion.

verb

present participle and gerund of beam

noun

The act of someone or something that beams.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The use of beams (horizontal bars) to group notes and indicate metric value.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The honest Captain, with his Heart's Delight in the house, and Susan tending her, was a beaming and a happy man. As the days flew by, he grew more beaming and more happy, every day."
"The beaming smile of David Brooks, proudly wearing his yellow Euro 2020 jersey and a bucket hat, instantly raised the spirits of those on the pitch who spotted the 25-year-old's frantic waving."
"The auspicious beamings of the Reformation had indeed shed forth a partial light; but the gloomy sternness of Henry, and the arbitrary capriciousness of Elizabeth, were but ill calculated to give due energy to the new state of things […]"

Usage

Inflected Forms

more beaming (comparative) most beaming (superlative) beamings (plural)

Derived Forms

beamingly beamingness inbeaming outbeaming

Synonyms

beamy effulgent radiant refulgent glad

Rhymes With

screaming streaming dreaming seeming teaming steaming gleaming scheming redeeming teeming theming leeming

Questions

How do you pronounce beaming?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈimɪŋ/.
What does beaming mean?: Smilingly happy; showing happy emotion.

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