"undoing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ʌnˈduːɪŋ/ Forms: undoings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English undoinge, undoynge, ondoynge; equivalent to undo + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|undoinge}} Middle English undoinge, {{m|enm|undoynge}} undoynge, {{m|enm|ondoynge}} ondoynge, {{af|en|undo|-ing}} undo + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} undoing (plural undoings)
  1. The act of loosening or unfastening
    Sense id: en-undoing-en-noun-TOBCxqXn Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 55 34 12
  2. Ruin; defeat, (also) that which causes defeat or ruin. Translations (that which defeats): undergang [common-gender] (Danish), ondergang [masculine] (Dutch), Verhängnis [neuter] (German), Verderben [neuter] (German), Ruin [masculine] (German), veszte (Hungarian), banabiti [masculine] (Icelandic), undergang (Norwegian), klęska [feminine] (Polish), ruina [feminine] (Polish), zagłada [feminine] (Polish), zguba [feminine] (Polish), ги́бель (gíbelʹ) [feminine] (Russian), fördärv [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-undoing-en-noun-jnRJqg1N Disambiguation of 'that which defeats': 13 79 8
  3. Annulment; reversal
    Sense id: en-undoing-en-noun-AstQmjLK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /ʌnˈduːɪŋ/
Etymology: From Middle English undoynge, undoand, from Old English undōnde (“undoing”), from Proto-Germanic *andadōndz, present participle of *andadōną (“to undo”). Cognate with Dutch ontdoend (“undoing”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|undoynge}} Middle English undoynge, {{m|enm|undoand}} undoand, {{inh|en|ang|undōnde|t=undoing}} Old English undōnde (“undoing”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*andadōndz}} Proto-Germanic *andadōndz, {{m|gem-pro|*andadōną|t=to undo}} *andadōną (“to undo”), {{cog|nl|ontdoend|t=undoing}} Dutch ontdoend (“undoing”) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} undoing
  1. present participle and gerund of undo Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: undo
    Sense id: en-undoing-en-verb-rcTT-Vjx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 3 2 69 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 5 3 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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