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auctioneering

auctioneering is the present participle and gerund of auctioneer.

Meaning of auctioneer

Verb

auctioneer (third-person singular simple present auctioneers, present participle auctioneering, simple past and past participle auctioneered)

  1. (transitive) To sell at an auction; to auction.
  2. (intransitive) To act as an auctioneer.

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Questions about auctioneering

What is auctioneering the present participle and gerund of?
Auctioneering is the present participle and gerund of auctioneer.

Words near auctioneering in the dictionary

  1. auctioned off
  2. auctioneer
  3. auctioneered
  4. auctioneeress
  5. auctioneeresses
  6. auctioneering
  7. auctioneers
  8. auctioner
  9. auctioners
  10. auctionese
  11. auctiongoer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: auctioneering (page history and authors); auctioneer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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