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furnishing

fur·nish·ing
F f

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [fur-ni-shing]
    • /ˈfɜr nɪ ʃɪŋ/
    • /ˈfɜː.nɪʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fur-ni-shing]
    • /ˈfɜr nɪ ʃɪŋ/

Definitions of furnishing word

  • noun furnishing paper pulp and any ingredients added to it prior to its introduction into a papermaking machine. 1
  • verb with object furnishing to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc. 1
  • verb with object furnishing to provide or supply (often followed by with): The delay furnished me with the time I needed. 1
  • noun furnishing Furniture, fittings, and other decorative accessories, such as curtains and carpets, for a house or room. 1
  • noun plural furnishing house: furniture, etc. 1
  • noun plural furnishing office: equipment 1

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Origin of furnishing

First appearance:

before 1490
One of the 26% oldest English words
First recorded in 1490-1500; furnish + -ing1

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Parts of speech for Furnishing

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

furnishing popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% 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.

furnishing usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for furnishing

noun furnishing

  • accouterment — an accoutering or being accoutered
  • chattel — Chattels are things that belong to you.
  • appointment — The appointment of a person to a particular job is the choice of that person to do it.
  • gear — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
  • fixture — something securely, and usually permanently, attached or appended, as to a house, apartment building, etc.: a light fixture; kitchen fixtures.

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