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imparting

imparting is the present participle and gerund of impart.

Noun

imparting (plural impartings)

  1. communication (a giving or sharing of information etc)
  2. distribution (a sharing or division of something)

Meaning of impart

Verb

impart (third-person singular simple present imparts, present participle imparting, simple past and past participle imparted)

  1. (transitive) To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property).
    • The sun imparts warmth.
  2. (transitive) To give a part or to share.
    • Expressing well the spirit within thee [Adam] free, / My [God's] image, not imparted to the brute.1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC...
  3. (transitive) To make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.).
    • Well may he then to you his cares impart.1662, John Dryden, letter to Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
  4. (intransitive) To hold a conference or consultation.
  5. (transitive) To obtain a share of; to partake of.
    • Sweet Cossen, what we may not now impart, heere let vs bury it, closely in our hartc. 1587, Anthony Munday, John a Kent and John a Cumber

Forms of imparting

pluralimpartings

Questions about imparting

What does imparting mean?
Imparting means communication (a giving or sharing of information etc).
What is imparting the present participle and gerund of?
Imparting is the present participle and gerund of impart.
What part of speech is imparting?
Imparting is a noun.
What is the plural of imparting?
The plural of imparting is impartings.

Words near imparting in the dictionary

  1. impartibility
  2. impartible
  3. impartibly
  4. imparticipable
  5. imparticular
  6. imparting
  7. impartings
  8. impartite
  9. impartive
  10. impartment
  11. impartments

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