"phoning" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfəʊnɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfoʊnɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-phoning.ogg Forms: phonings [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊnɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} phoning (plural phonings)
  1. (informal) The act of placing a telephone call. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-phoning-en-noun-ItUOt6Y6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8

Verb

IPA: /ˈfəʊnɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfoʊnɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-phoning.ogg
Rhymes: -əʊnɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} phoning
  1. present participle and gerund of phone Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: phone
    Sense id: en-phoning-en-verb-lmSAL7Dl

Inflected forms

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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "phoning",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "phone"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of phone"
      ],
      "id": "en-phoning-en-verb-lmSAL7Dl",
      "links": [
        [
          "phone",
          "phone#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfəʊnɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoʊnɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-phoning.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a0/En-us-phoning.ogg/En-us-phoning.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/En-us-phoning.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊnɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "phoning"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "phonings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "phoning (plural phonings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Martha Stephens, The Treatment, page 63:",
          "text": "So after all this hurry and hustle in the house, the coffee and papers and phonings, the soundings and measurements over the whole place, I was instructed to take off my apron and sit down […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of placing a telephone call."
      ],
      "id": "en-phoning-en-noun-ItUOt6Y6",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) The act of placing a telephone call."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfəʊnɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoʊnɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-phoning.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/En-us-phoning.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊnɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "phoning"
}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊnɪŋ",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊnɪŋ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "phoning",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "phone"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of phone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "phone",
          "phone#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfəʊnɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoʊnɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-phoning.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a0/En-us-phoning.ogg/En-us-phoning.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/En-us-phoning.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊnɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "phoning"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊnɪŋ",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊnɪŋ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "phonings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "phoning (plural phonings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Martha Stephens, The Treatment, page 63:",
          "text": "So after all this hurry and hustle in the house, the coffee and papers and phonings, the soundings and measurements over the whole place, I was instructed to take off my apron and sit down […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of placing a telephone call."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) The act of placing a telephone call."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfəʊnɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoʊnɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-phoning.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a0/En-us-phoning.ogg/En-us-phoning.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/En-us-phoning.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊnɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "phoning"
}

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