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- [tohl]
- /toʊl/
- /təʊl/
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- [tohl]
- /toʊl/
Definitions of tolling word
- noun tolling the act of tolling a bell. 1
- noun tolling one of the strokes made in tolling a bell. 1
- noun tolling the sound made. 1
- verb with object tolling to suspend or interrupt (as a statute of limitations). 1
- verb without object tolling to sound with single strokes slowly and regularly repeated, as a bell. 1
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Origin of tolling
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; (noun) Middle English, Old English toll (cognate with Dutch tol, German Zoll, Old Norse tollr), assimilated variant of Old English toln < Late Latin tolōnēum, for telōnēum < Greek telōneîon tollhouse, akin to telṓnēs tax collector, télos tax; (v.) Middle English tollen, derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Tolling
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tolling popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% 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.
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