"wording" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wordings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wording (countable and uncountable, plural wordings)
  1. A choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given context. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: phrasing, wording, phrasing, talk, terminology, wording Hypernyms: style Holonyms: jargon, language, text Meronyms: punctuation, word Related terms: nomenclature, vocabulary Translations (choice of words): фармулёўка (farmuljóŭka) [feminine] (Belarusian), фармуліроўка (farmuliróŭka) [feminine] (Belarusian), формулиро́вка (formuliróvka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), подбор на думи (podbor na dumi) (Bulgarian), 提法 (tífǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 說法 (Chinese Mandarin), 说法 (shuōfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 措詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 措词 (cuòcí) (Chinese Mandarin), formulering [common-gender] (Danish), woordkeuze (Dutch), verwoording [feminine] (Dutch), formulering [feminine] (Dutch), bewoording [feminine] (Dutch), orðing [feminine] (Faroese), orðalag [neuter] (Faroese), sanavalinta (Finnish), sanamuoto (Finnish), formulation [feminine] (French), choix de mots (French), Formulierung [feminine] (German), Wortlaut [masculine] (German), Wortwahl [feminine] (German), Ausdrucksweise [feminine] (German), διατύπωση (diatýposi) [feminine] (Greek), επιλογή των λέξεων (epilogí ton léxeon) [feminine] (Greek), foclaíocht [feminine] (Irish), dicitura [feminine] (Italian), 言葉遣い (kotobazukai) (alt: ことばづかい) (Japanese), 言い回し (iimawashi) (alt: いいまわし) (Japanese), ordlyd [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ordlyd [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sformułowanie [neuter] (Polish), brzmienie [neuter] (Polish), fraseado [masculine] (Portuguese), formulare [feminine] (Romanian), формулиро́вка (formuliróvka) [feminine] (Russian), briathran [masculine, plural] (Scottish Gaelic), formulácia [feminine] (Slovak), formulering (Swedish), üslup (Turkish), biçem (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-wording-en-noun-DsUHgF7m

Verb

Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} wording
  1. present participle and gerund of word Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: word
    Sense id: en-wording-en-verb-dMJkZexJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "choice of words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "фармулёўка"
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "choice of words",
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      "roman": "formuliróvka",
      "sense": "choice of words",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "формулиро́вка"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "choice of words",
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      "sense": "choice of words",
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      "word": "說法"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "choice of words",
      "word": "措詞"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "choice of words",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "choice of words",
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      "sense": "choice of words",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "verwoording"
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      "sense": "choice of words",
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      "word": "orðing"
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      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "choice of words",
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      "word": "orðalag"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "choice of words",
      "word": "sanavalinta"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "choice of words",
      "word": "sanamuoto"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "choice of words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "formulation"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "choice of words",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Formulierung"
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      "sense": "choice of words",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "choice of words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Wortwahl"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "choice of words",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "Ausdrucksweise"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "choice of words",
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      "sense": "choice of words",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "choice of words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "foclaíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "choice of words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dicitura"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ことばづかい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kotobazukai",
      "sense": "choice of words",
      "word": "言葉遣い"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いいまわし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iimawashi",
      "sense": "choice of words",
      "word": "言い回し"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "choice of words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ordlyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "choice of words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ordlyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "choice of words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sformułowanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "choice of words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "brzmienie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "choice of words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fraseado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "choice of words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "formulare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "formuliróvka",
      "sense": "choice of words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "формулиро́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "choice of words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "briathran"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "choice of words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "formulácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "choice of words",
      "word": "formulering"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "choice of words",
      "word": "üslup"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "choice of words",
      "word": "biçem"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wording"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)dɪŋ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)dɪŋ/2 syllables"
  ],
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "word"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of word"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "word",
          "word#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)dɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wording"
}

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