"shaping" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: shapings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪpɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English schapynge, equivalent to shape + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|schapynge}} Middle English schapynge, {{suffix|en|shape|ing}} shape + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} shaping (plural shapings)
  1. The action of the verb to shape. Translations (the action of the verb to shape): оформяне (oformjane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), Formung [feminine] (German), formātūra [feminine] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-shaping-en-noun-G3hyv-hV Disambiguation of 'the action of the verb to shape': 98 2
  2. (psychology) A method of positive reinforcement of behaviour patterns in a series of steps in operant conditioning. Categories (topical): Psychology Translations (method of positive reinforcement): moldeamiento [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-shaping-en-noun-Y3m-Orz1 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 22 78 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'method of positive reinforcement': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: traffic shaping
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Rhymes: -eɪpɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English shapinge, shapende, schapende, schappande, from Old English sċyppende, sċeppende, from Proto-West Germanic *skappjandī, from Proto-Germanic *skapjandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *skapjaną (“to form, shape, create”), equivalent to shape + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|shapinge}} Middle English shapinge, {{m|enm|shapende}} shapende, {{m|enm|schapende}} schapende, {{m|enm|schappande}} schappande, {{inh|en|ang|sċyppende}} Old English sċyppende, {{m|ang|sċeppende}} sċeppende, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*skappjandī}} Proto-West Germanic *skappjandī, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skapjandz}} Proto-Germanic *skapjandz, {{der|en|gem-pro|*skapjaną|t=to form, shape, create}} Proto-Germanic *skapjaną (“to form, shape, create”), {{af|en|shape|-ing|id2=participial}} shape + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} shaping
  1. present participle and gerund of shape Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: shape
    Sense id: en-shaping-en-verb-TsNoZz1K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing (participial) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 40 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 7 38 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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