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faxing

faxing is the present participle and gerund of fax.

Meaning of fax

Verb

fax (third-person singular simple present faxes or (rare) faxxes, present participle faxing or (rare) faxxing, simple past and past participle faxed or (rare) faxxed)

  1. (transitive) To send a document by means of a fax machine.
    • Hands trembling with excitement and impatience, I faxxed my credit history to Jerry Raskin, the real estate agent listed, and received an appointment to view the place.1990, Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, volume 14, page 82

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Noun

faxing (plural faxings)

  1. The sending of a fax message.
    • […] the faxings, the phone calls, and the strategy sessions that resulted, for instance, in there being enough shade for trout in Taneum Creek […]2005, Paul J. Lindholdt, Derrick Knowles, Holding Common Ground, page 68

Forms of faxing

pluralfaxings

Words that rhyme with faxing

Questions about faxing

What does faxing mean?
Faxing means the sending of a fax message.
What is faxing the present participle and gerund of?
Faxing is the present participle and gerund of fax.
What part of speech is faxing?
Faxing is a noun.
What is the plural of faxing?
The plural of faxing is faxings.

Words near faxing in the dictionary

  1. faxed-stars
  2. faxeladol
  3. faxer
  4. faxers
  5. faxes
  6. faxing
  7. faxings
  8. faxless
  9. faxlore
  10. Faxon
  11. Faxons

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