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re-treating

re-treating is the present participle and gerund of re-treat.

Meaning of re-treat

Verb

re-treat (third-person singular simple present re-treats, present participle re-treating, simple past and past participle re-treated)

  1. (transitive) To treat or deal with (a topic) again or differently.
  2. (transitive) To apply treatment to (an injury, a surface, etc.) again

Questions about re-treating

What is re-treating the present participle and gerund of?
Re-treating is the present participle and gerund of re-treat.

Words near re-treating in the dictionary

  1. re-tread
  2. re-treading
  3. re-treads
  4. re-treat
  5. re-treated
  6. re-treating
  7. re-treatment
  8. re-treatments
  9. re-treats
  10. re-trod
  11. re-trodden

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