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officering

officering is the present participle and gerund of officer.

Meaning of officer

Verb

officer (third-person singular simple present officers, present participle officering, simple past and past participle officered)

  1. (transitive) To supply with officers.
  2. (transitive) To command as or like an officer.
    • Many of our journals are officered by Irish gentlemen, and their gallant brigade does the penning among us, as their ancestors used to transact the fighting in Europe; and engage under many a flag, to be good friends when the battle is over.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 31, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...

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Questions about officering

What is officering the present participle and gerund of?
Officering is the present participle and gerund of officer.

Words near officering in the dictionary

  1. officered
  2. officeress
  3. officeresses
  4. officerhood
  5. officerial
  6. officering
  7. officerism
  8. officerless
  9. officerlike
  10. officerly
  11. officers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: officering (page history and authors); officer (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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