noun
Meaning 1
The act of one who begs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
begging
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈbɛɡɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɛɡɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: B EH1 G IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Money or goods acquired by begging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of beg
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 4
a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: beggary, mendicancy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: solicitation
History
Etymology
From Middle English begging, beggyng, beggynge, equivalent to beg + -ing (gerund ending).
From Middle English beggin, beggyn, beggyng, (also beggand), present participle of beggen (“to beg”), equivalent to beg + -ing (participle ending).
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: تَسَوُّل (tasawwul) — the act of one who begs
- Arabic: طرارة (ṭrāra) — the act of one who begs
- Finnish: kerjuu — the act of one who begs
- French: manche — the act of one who begs
- Ancient Greek: ἐπαίτησις (epaítēsis) — the act of one who begs
- Irish: bacachas — the act of one who begs
- Italian: accatto — the act of one who begs
- Italian: accattoneria — the act of one who begs
- Italian: pitoccheria — the act of one who begs
- Malayalam: യാചന (yācana) — the act of one who begs
- Norwegian Bokmål: tigging — the act of one who begs
- Spanish: deprecación — the act of one who begs
- Spanish: ruego — the act of one who begs
- Spanish: súplica — the act of one who begs
- Swedish: tiggeri — the act of one who begs
- Tamil: இரப்பு (irappu) — the act of one who begs
- Tamil: பிச்சை (piccai) — the act of one who begs
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