"specifying" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: specifyings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English specifieng, equivalent to specify + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|specifieng}} Middle English specifieng, {{af|en|specify|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} specify + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} specifying (countable and uncountable, plural specifyings)
  1. The act or process of stating or describing something clearly and exactly. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-specifying-en-noun-c3ZecvOT Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Etymology: From Middle English specifienge, equivalent to specify + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|specifienge}} Middle English specifienge, {{af|en|specify|-ing}} specify + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} specifying
  1. present participle and gerund of specify Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: specify
    Sense id: en-specifying-en-verb-L84Tp5MV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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