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mannering

mannering is the present participle and gerund of manner.

Meaning of manner

Verb

manner (third-person singular simple present manners, present participle mannering, simple past and past participle mannered)

  1. (transitive) To instill manners into.
    • They are there to manner a child's natural abilities. They are culture club authorities and representatives. They teach children appropriate public (and private) behavior; […]2004, Susan Felicity Minsos, Weird Tit-for-Tat, page 62

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Proper noun capitalized: Mannering

Mannering

  1. A surname.

Words formed from mannering

Questions about mannering

What does mannering mean?
Mannering means a surname.
What is mannering the present participle and gerund of?
Mannering is the present participle and gerund of manner.
What part of speech is mannering?
Mannering is a proper noun.

Words near mannering in the dictionary

  1. manner of articulation
  2. manner of death
  3. mannerable
  4. mannered
  5. Mannerim
  6. mannering
  7. Mannering Park
  8. mannerism
  9. mannerisms
  10. mannerist
  11. manneristic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mannering (page history and authors); Mannering (page history and authors); manner (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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