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auctioning

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /ˈɑːk-/
    • /ˈɔːk.ʃən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /ˈɑːk-/

Definition of auctioning word

  • noun auctioning Present participle of auction. 1

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Parts of speech for Auctioning

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

auctioning popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for auctioning

noun auctioning

  • clearance — Clearance is the removal of old buildings, trees, or other things that are not wanted from an area.
  • demolition — The demolition of a building is the act of deliberately destroying it, often in order to build something else in its place.
  • destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
  • disposition — the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude: a girl with a pleasant disposition.
  • dumping — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.

verb auctioning

  • advertise — If someone or something advertises a particular quality, they show it in their appearance or behaviour.
  • close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
  • handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
  • hawk — a medium-range, mobile U.S. surface-to-air missile system.
  • market — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.

Antonyms for auctioning

noun auctioning

  • building — A building is a structure that has a roof and walls, for example a house or a factory.
  • construction — Construction is the building of things such as houses, factories, roads, and bridges.
  • beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
  • hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • keeping — board and lodging; subsistence; support: to work for one's keep.

verb auctioning

  • buy — If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it.
  • conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
  • discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
  • dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
  • hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.

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