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tidings

/ˈtaɪdɪŋz/

tidings is the plural of tiding.

Meaning of tiding

Noun

tiding (plural tidings)

  1. (archaic, literary, plural-normally) News; new information.
    • For men be now tratlers and tellers of tales;
      What tidings at Totnam, what newis in Wales,
      What ſhippis are ſailing to Scalis Malis?
      And all is not worth a couple of nut ſhalis.c. 1515–1516, John Skelton, Against Venemous Tongues […]; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC

Phrases with tidings

Questions about tidings

What is tidings the plural of?
Tidings is the plural of tiding.
How do you pronounce tidings?
Tidings is pronounced /ˈtaɪdɪŋz/.

Words near tidings in the dictionary

  1. tidiness
  2. tidinesses
  3. tiding
  4. tiding over
  5. tidingless
  6. tidings
  7. tidivate
  8. tidivated
  9. tidivates
  10. tidivating
  11. tidley

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