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covetings

covetings is the plural of coveting.

Meaning of coveting

Noun

coveting (plural covetings)

  1. The act of one who covets.
    • In the meantime, by the light of this discourse, we clearly see why God so highly prizeth zealous covetings and desires in men after spiritual things […]1867, John Goodwin, Pleroma to Pneumatikon

Questions about covetings

What is covetings the plural of?
Covetings is the plural of coveting.

Words near covetings in the dictionary

  1. covetess
  2. covetest
  3. coveteth
  4. coveting
  5. covetingly
  6. covetings
  7. covetious
  8. covetise
  9. covetive
  10. covetiveness
  11. covetous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: covetings (page history and authors); coveting (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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