meting

• Homophone: meeting

meting

1. present participle of mete

meting (plural metings)

1. The act of one who metes; a distribution or handing out.
   • 1964, William K. Bottorff, Twayne's United States Authors Series, volume 56, page 72:

     We are far more apt to yawn than to weep as we make our way through this series of loosely connected incidents, of unmotivated actions, of contrived metings-out of justice.

From meten +‎ -ing.

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• Hyphenation: me‧ting

meting f (plural metingen, diminutive metinkje n)

1. measurement

• afmeting

meting f (genitive singular metingar, plural metingar)

1. measurement, estimate

• leyslig meting - rough estimate

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.tinɡ/, [ˈmeː.tiŋɡ]

From mētan (“to draw, paint”) +‎ -ing.

mēting f

1. picture: drawing, painting

• tīefring (“painting”)

• mētan
• mētere (“painter”)

From mētan (“to meet, encounter”) +‎ -ing.

• mētincg, mœ̄ting

mēting f

1. meeting, assembly

• ġemēting
• ġemitting

• Middle English: meting, metynge
  • English: meeting
  • Scots: meting, meiting