"tokening" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tokenings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English tokning, takning, from Old English tācnung (“signification, indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptom”), equivalent to token + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tokning}} Middle English tokning, {{m|enm|takning}} takning, {{inh|en|ang|tācnung|t=signification, indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptom}} Old English tācnung (“signification, indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptom”), {{af|en|token|-ing}} token + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tokening (countable and uncountable, plural tokenings)
  1. The act or process of marking or designating. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tokening-en-noun-lipId8qI
  2. A token, sign, or proof. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tokening-en-noun-PSSgGcY0
  3. That which a thing betokens; meaning, interpretation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tokening-en-noun-ZTpNuwFR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Etymology: From Middle English tokenyng, *taknand, from Old English tācniende, from Proto-Germanic *taiknōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *taiknōną (“to mark, denote, indicate”), equivalent to token + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tokenyng}} Middle English tokenyng, {{m|enm|*taknand}} *taknand, {{inh|en|ang|tācniende}} Old English tācniende, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*taiknōndz}} Proto-Germanic *taiknōndz, {{der|en|gem-pro|*taiknōną|t=to mark, denote, indicate}} Proto-Germanic *taiknōną (“to mark, denote, indicate”), {{af|en|token|-ing}} token + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} tokening
  1. present participle and gerund of token Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: token
    Sense id: en-tokening-en-verb-J6p~L1ho Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 1 24 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 20 3 27 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for tokening meaning in English (3.3kB)

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