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-ing meaning

EN[ɪŋ]

W-ing

-ing is a suffix used to make one of the inflected forms of English verbs.
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-ing

SuffixSUF-ing
1. Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.
  1. the making of the film; the forging of the sword took several hours of planning, preparation, and metalwork
More Examples
1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
  - The purpose of the tramper is to pack the lint into the press box under the restraining dogs near the top end of the press box.

Meaning of -ing for the defined word.

Grammatically, this word "-ing" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe.

Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
1. Morphemes
  - Suffixes
    - Inflectional suffixes
    - Noun-forming suffixes

Difficultness: Level 7

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Easy ➨ Difficult

Definiteness: Level 9

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Definite ➨ Versatile

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