"hedging" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhɛd͡ʒɪŋ/ Forms: hedgings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hedging (plural hedgings)
  1. The act of one who hedges (in various senses).
    Sense id: en-hedging-en-noun-8VCwlXL2
  2. Any plant used to form a hedge.
    Sense id: en-hedging-en-noun-a-JXhukm
  3. (pragmatics, composition) The use of intentionally ambiguous or noncommittal statements. Tags: composition Categories (topical): Pragmatics
    Sense id: en-hedging-en-noun-nrTLA7Zr Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, pragmatics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hedging bill, hedging-bill, over-hedging, under-hedging

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈhɛd͡ʒɪŋ/
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} hedging
  1. present participle and gerund of hedge Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: hedge
    Sense id: en-hedging-en-verb-PiorR0f9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 18 20 58

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hedging meaning in All languages combined (2.4kB)

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