"petitioning" meaning in English

See petitioning in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: petitionings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} petitioning (plural petitionings)
  1. The act of making a petition or appeal.
    Sense id: en-petitioning-en-noun-PPCa2v5v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} petitioning
  1. present participle and gerund of petition Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: petition
    Sense id: en-petitioning-en-verb--xPPLJ3d

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for petitioning meaning in English (1.2kB)

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