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downsetting

downsetting noun: a setting down.

Noun

downsetting (plural downsettings)

  1. A setting down.
    • If we ascend up into heaven, and lanch our thoughts amid the stars, God is there: He made them, and gave them their laws, and ordered their downsettings and their uprisings.1840, Julius Charles Hare (Archdeacon of Lewes), The Victory of Faith, and Other Sermons (page 371)

Forms of downsetting

pluraldownsettings

Questions about downsetting

What does downsetting mean?
Downsetting means a setting down.
What part of speech is downsetting?
Downsetting is a noun.
What is the plural of downsetting?
The plural of downsetting is downsettings.

Words near downsetting in the dictionary

  1. downselections
  2. downselects
  3. downsend
  4. downset
  5. downsets
  6. downsetting
  7. downsettings
  8. downshift
  9. downshifted
  10. downshifter
  11. downshifters

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