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- [tey-per]
- /ˈteɪ pər/
- /ˈteɪ.pər/
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- [tey-per]
- /ˈteɪ pər/
Definitions of tapering word
- verb without object tapering to become smaller or thinner toward one end. 1
- verb without object tapering to grow gradually lean. 1
- verb with object tapering to make gradually smaller toward one end. 1
- verb with object tapering to reduce gradually. 1
- noun tapering gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object. 1
- noun tapering gradual decrease of force, capacity, etc. 1
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Origin of tapering
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English: wax candle, Old English, variant of tapur, dissimilated variant of *papur paper
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Parts of speech for Tapering
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tapering 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.
tapering usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tapering
adj tapering
- acuate — to sharpen
- acuminate — narrowing to a sharp point, as some types of leaf
- acuminous — keen insight; shrewdness: remarkable acumen in business matters.
- apical — of, at, or being the apex
- coned — Geometry. a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex. a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
adjective tapering
- attenuating — to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value: to attenuate desire.
- conoidal — Having the shape of a conoid; having a roughly conical shape.
- contracting — an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- incapacious — Not capacious; narrow, small, weak, or foolish.
- knifelike — Resembling a knife or its effects.
Antonyms for tapering
Top questions with tapering
- what is tapering?
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