"motoring" meaning in All languages combined

See motoring on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: motorings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} motoring (usually uncountable, plural motorings)
  1. The act of operating a motorized vehicle; especially, driving a car (motorcar). Tags: uncountable, usually Related terms: motordom, motor vehicle, nonmotoring
    Sense id: en-motoring-en-noun-~a4780Xa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} motoring
  1. present participle and gerund of motor Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: motor Translations (car driving): automobilisme [masculine] (Catalan), autoilu (Finnish), automobilisme [masculine] (French), automobilismo [masculine] (Portuguese), automovilismo [masculine] (Spanish), bilism [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-motoring-en-verb-YXtTDs1z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 37 63

Inflected forms

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        {
          "text": "c. 1910, George Bernard Shaw, letter to Beatrice\nThe afternoon was horrible; but when we struck the sea at Exmouth, and the coast, familiar to me through my Torquay motorings, became lovely in the evening. I revived & was quite jolly when I arrived."
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          "operating",
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          "motorized",
          "motorized"
        ],
        [
          "driving",
          "driving"
        ],
        [
          "car",
          "car"
        ],
        [
          "motorcar",
          "motorcar"
        ]
      ],
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          "word": "motordom"
        },
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          "word": "nonmotoring"
        }
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "sense": "car driving",
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          ],
          "word": "automobilisme"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "car driving",
          "word": "autoilu"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "car driving",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "automobilisme"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "car driving",
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          ],
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "sense": "car driving",
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      ],
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      "code": "fi",
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      "lang_code": "fi",
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      "code": "fr",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "pt",
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      ],
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "word": "bilism"
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