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glossing

glossing noun: the addition of a gloss, or explanatory note. Also the present participle and gerund of gloss.

Noun

glossing (plural glossings)

  1. The addition of a gloss, or explanatory note.
    • And it was in this university that the doctors began to sharpen their wits in matters of Holy Writ; they rejected the glossings and musings of interpreters and took the biblical writings to hand, preaching and writing thereof.2012, C. Scott Dixon, Contesting the Reformation

Also used as

glossing is also the present participle and gerund of gloss.

Forms of glossing

pluralglossings

Phrases with glossing

Questions about glossing

What does glossing mean?
Glossing means the addition of a gloss, or explanatory note.
What part of speech is glossing?
Glossing is a noun.
What is the plural of glossing?
The plural of glossing is glossings.

Words near glossing in the dictionary

  1. glossiest
  2. glossily
  3. glossina
  4. glossiness
  5. glossinesses
  6. glossing
  7. glossing over
  8. glossings
  9. glossinid
  10. glossinids
  11. glossiphoniid

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