"choosing" meaning in English

See choosing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃuːzɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-choosing.wav [US] Forms: more choosing [comparative], most choosing [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːzɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} choosing (comparative more choosing, superlative most choosing)
  1. That chooses.
    Sense id: en-choosing-en-adj-UieSNT~x
  2. choosy, picky
    Sense id: en-choosing-en-adj-ivtJCJHO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 68 17 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 52 20 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 68 18 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 73 15 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 67 14 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: choosingly

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃuːzɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-choosing.wav [US] Forms: choosings [plural]
Rhymes: -uːzɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} choosing (plural choosings)
  1. The act of making a choice. Derived forms: of one's choosing Translations (Translations): escogimiento [masculine] (Spanish), escogencia [feminine] (Spanish), escogitación [Ecuador, feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-choosing-en-noun-24RcSVrz

Verb

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃuːzɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-choosing.wav [US]
Rhymes: -uːzɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} choosing
  1. present participle and gerund of choose Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: choose
    Sense id: en-choosing-en-verb-adclZbfi

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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