lessing

Les·sing

L l

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [les-ing]
- /ˈlɛs ɪŋ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [les-ing]
- /ˈlɛs ɪŋ/

Definitions of lessing word

noun lessing Doris (May) 1919–2013, British novelist in Africa; born in Persia; Nobel Prize in Literature 2007. 1
noun lessing Gotthold Ephraim [gawt-hawlt ey-frah-im] /ˈgɔt hɔlt ˈeɪ frɑ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1729–81, German critic and dramatist. 1
noun lessing Doris (May). 1919–2013, English novelist and short-story writer, brought up in Rhodesia: her novels include the five-novel sequence Children of Violence (1952–69), The Golden Notebook (1962), a series of science-fiction works (1979–83), The Good Terrorist (1985), and The Sweetest Dream (2001). Nobel prize for literature 2007 0
noun lessing Gotthold Ephraim (ˈɡɔthɔlt ˈeːfrɑɪm). 1729–81, German dramatist and critic. His plays include Miss Sara Sampson (1755), the first German domestic tragedy, and Nathan der Weise (1779). He is noted for his criticism of French classical dramatists, and for his treatise on aesthetics Laokoon (1766) 0
noun lessing Doris (May)1919- ; Brit. writer 0
noun lessing ˈGotthold Ephraim (ˈgɔtˌhɔltˈ eɪfʀɑˌɪm) ; g^ōtˈh^ōltˌ āˈfräimˌ) 1729-81; Ger. dramatist & critic 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

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