pointing meaning

EN[ˈpɔɪntɪŋ]
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WPointing

Pointing may refer to:
Pointing, the hand gesture (see List of gestures)
Ostensive definition
Pointing, the external part of the mortar between bricks in walling (see repointing)
Pointing, the characteristic stance of pointing breeds of dogs used for hunting

NounPLpointingsSUF-ing
1. The action of the verb to point.
Verb
1. present participle of point.
More Examples
1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
  - The Soviets also distributed flyers pointing out the mujahidin resistance was financed by the U.S.
  - The head of the compass needle is pointing due north.
  - True, he's a little young for full curmudgeonhood, but he's been working tirelessly at it for years, and he takes a gadfly's delight in pointing out that this or that emperor has no clothes.

Meaning of pointing for the defined word.

Grammatically, this word "pointing" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.

Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
1. Morphemes
  - Suffixes
    - Words by suffix
      - Words suffixed with -ing
2. Nouns
  - Countable nouns
  - Singularia tantum
    - Uncountable nouns
3. Verbs
  - Verb forms
    - Participles
      - Present participles

Difficultness: Level 1

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Definiteness: Level 1

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