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junioring

junioring is the present participle and gerund of junior.

Meaning of junior

Verb

junior (third-person singular simple present juniors, present participle junioring, simple past and past participle juniored)

  1. (ambitransitive) To work in a junior role (on something).
    • Greenspan had juniored the Demeter murder trial with defence lawyer Joe Pomerant and was, by 1980, well on his way to becoming the most renowned criminal lawyer in Canada.2013, Mick Lowe, Conspiracy of Brothers, page 325
  2. (transitive) To have juniors (more advanced students) assist in instructing (beginners).
    • The technique of "junioring" beginners and the first five lesson plan and private lessons were adaptations developed at that time. They are credited with the Americanization of Karate as a business as well as a martial art.2006, Jim and Leann Rathbone, James Mitose and the Path of Kenpo

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Questions about junioring

What is junioring the present participle and gerund of?
Junioring is the present participle and gerund of junior.

Words near junioring in the dictionary

  1. junior-highers
  2. juniorate
  3. juniorates
  4. juniored
  5. juniorest
  6. junioring
  7. juniorities
  8. junioritis
  9. juniority
  10. juniormost
  11. juniorness

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