jailing

jail

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [jeyl]
- /dʒeɪl/
- /dʒeɪl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [jeyl]
- /dʒeɪl/

Definitions of jailing word

noun jailing a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses. 1
verb with object jailing to take into or hold in lawful custody; imprison. 1
noun jailing Present participle of jail. 1
noun jailing An instance of a person being jailed. 0

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Origin of jailing

First appearance:

before 1225

One of the 9% oldest English words

1225-75; Middle English gaiole, jaiole, jaile < Old North French gaiole, Old French jaiole cage < Vulgar Latin *gaviola, variant of *caveola, diminutive of Latin cavea cage; see -ole1

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Parts of speech for Jailing

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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jailing popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% 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".

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Synonyms for jailing

noun jailing

gaff — harsh treatment or criticism: All the gaff he took never made him bitter.
protective custody — detention of a person by the police solely as protection against a possible attack or reprisal by someone.
glom — to steal.
custody — Custody is the legal right to keep and look after a child, especially the right given to a child's mother or father when they get divorced.
imprisonment — to confine in or as if in a prison.

All 7 Synonyms of jailing