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sortying

sortying is the present participle and gerund of sortie.

Meaning of sortie

Verb

sortie (third-person singular simple present sorties, present participle sortieing, simple past and past participle sortied)

  1. (intransitive) To carry out a sortie; to sally.
    • Five Italian warships identified as two cruisers and three destroyers, sortied down the Albanian coast during the morning of 4 March and commenced shelling the coastal road near Himara and Port Palermo, under cover of a strong fighter escort of G.50bis and CR 42s from the 24º Gruppo CT.1987, Christopher Shores, Brian Cull, with Nicola Malizia, “The Battles of Spring”, in Air War for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete 1940–41, London: Grub Street, →ISBN, pages 99–100

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Questions about sortying

What is sortying the present participle and gerund of?
Sortying is the present participle and gerund of sortie.

Words near sortying in the dictionary

  1. sorts out
  2. sorts the wheat from the chaff
  3. sorts through
  4. sortsa
  5. sortuva
  6. sortying
  7. Sorum
  8. Sorums
  9. sorus
  10. sorva
  11. Sorvino

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