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proclaiming

proclaiming is the present participle and gerund of proclaim.

Meaning of proclaim

Verb

proclaim (third-person singular simple present proclaims, present participle proclaiming, simple past and past participle proclaimed)

  1. To announce or declare.
    • Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    disclose
  2. (dated, historical) To make (something) the subject of an official proclamation bringing it within the scope of emergency powers.
    • Were those baronies proclaimed at the time you were in them? –Some of them are; the barony of Duhallow is proclaimed.1824 May 19, "MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, Appointed to examine into the Nature and Extent of the Disturbances which have prevailed in those Districts...

Noun

proclaiming (plural proclaimings)

  1. proclamation
    • More than one of these dangerous proclaimings of loyalty to him rather than to the King had come to his ears.1907, Ford Madox Ford, Privy Seal

Forms of proclaiming

pluralproclaimings

Questions about proclaiming

What does proclaiming mean?
Proclaiming means proclamation.
What is proclaiming the present participle and gerund of?
Proclaiming is the present participle and gerund of proclaim.
What part of speech is proclaiming?
Proclaiming is a noun.
What is the plural of proclaiming?
The plural of proclaiming is proclaimings.

Words near proclaiming in the dictionary

  1. proclaimedst
  2. proclaimer
  3. proclaimers
  4. proclaimest
  5. proclaimeth
  6. proclaiming
  7. proclaimingly
  8. proclaimings
  9. proclaims
  10. proclamation
  11. proclamations

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