tethering
/ˈtɛðəɹɪŋ/
tethering is the present participle and gerund of tether.
Noun
tethering (countable and uncountable, plural tetherings)
- The act or means by which something is tethered.
- Early childhood takes the fact for what it is best worth, and sets about finding not alone its qualities and attributes, but its affiliations, its tetherings, its implications, its adaptability to other purposes than those it serves to common sense.1914, Bulletin, numbers 1-10, page 135
- The connection of a personal computer to a mobile phone so as to obtain wireless Internet access from the computer.
Meaning of tether
Verb
tether (third-person singular simple present tethers, present participle tethering, simple past and past participle tethered)
- To restrict with, or as if with, a tether.
- The cowboy tethered his horse outside the saloon.
- To connect to something else.
- The younger Targaryen feels as though she’s lost any intimacy that tethered her to compassion and humanity, and so all that remains is the imperious need to rule that has driven her all these years, now bereft of the warmth that previously tempered her.2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 15 May 2019
- To connect (a smartphone) to a personal computer in order to give the computer access to the phone's Internet connection.
Forms of tethering
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Words formed from tethering
Questions about tethering
- What does tethering mean?
- Tethering means the act or means by which something is tethered.
- What is tethering the present participle and gerund of?
- Tethering is the present participle and gerund of tether.
- What part of speech is tethering?
- Tethering is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tethering?
- Tethering is pronounced /ˈtɛðəɹɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of tethering?
- The plural of tethering is tetherings.
Words near tethering in the dictionary
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