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- [chey-sing]
- /ˈtʃeɪ sɪŋ/
- /tʃeɪs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [chey-sing]
- /ˈtʃeɪ sɪŋ/
Definitions of chasing word
- noun chasing the act of chasing; pursuit: The chase lasted a day. 1
- noun chasing an object of pursuit; something chased. 1
- noun chasing Chiefly British. a private game preserve; a tract of privately owned land reserved for, and sometimes stocked with, animals and birds to be hunted. 1
- noun chasing British. the right of keeping game or of hunting on the land of others. 1
- noun chasing a steeplechase. 1
- noun chasing the chase, the sport or occupation of hunting. 1
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Origin of chasing
First appearance:
before 1825 One of the 37% newest English words
First recorded in 1825-35; chase3 + -ing1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Chasing
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
chasing popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
chasing usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for chasing
noun chasing
- lithograph — a print produced by lithography.
- photoengraving — a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
- photogravure — any of various processes, based on photography, by which an intaglio engraving is formed on a metal plate, from which ink reproductions are made.
- woodcut — a carved block of wood from which prints are made.
- intaglio — incised carving, as opposed to carving in relief.
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