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tokening

tokening is the present participle and gerund of token.

Noun

tokening (countable and uncountable, plural tokenings)

  1. The act or process of marking or designating.
  2. A token, sign, or proof.
  3. That which a thing betokens; meaning, interpretation.

Meaning of token

Verb

token (third-person singular simple present tokens, present participle tokening, simple past and past participle tokened)

  1. To betoken, indicate, portend, designate, denote
    • dorrẹ̅, dōrī adj. & n. […] Golden or reddish-yellow […] (a. 1398) *Trev. Barth. 59b/a: ʒelouʒ colour [of urine] […] tokeneþ febleness of hete […] dorrey & citrine & liʒt red tokeneþ mene.1398, in Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press 1962, page 1242
  2. To betroth
  3. To symbolize, instantiate
    • In which sense does ‘∀p ~(p & ~p)’ cause the tokening of the belief in the subject?2008 August 27, Mikkel Gerken, “Is There a Simple Argument for Higher-Order Representation Theories of Awareness Consciousness?”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 2, →DOI

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Forms of tokening

pluraltokenings

Origin of tokening

From Middle English tokenyng, *taknand, from Old English tācniende, from Proto-Germanic *taiknōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *taiknōną (“to mark, denote, indicate”), equivalent to token + -ing.

From Middle English tokning, takning, from Old English tācnung (“signification, indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptom”), equivalent to token + -ing.

Questions about tokening

What does tokening mean?
Tokening means the act or process of marking or designating.
What is tokening the present participle and gerund of?
Tokening is the present participle and gerund of token.
What part of speech is tokening?
Tokening is a noun.
What is the plural of tokening?
The plural of tokening is tokenings.

Words near tokening in the dictionary

  1. token strikes
  2. token-pasting operator
  3. token-pasting operators
  4. tokened
  5. tokeneth
  6. tokening
  7. tokenings
  8. tokenisation
  9. tokenisations
  10. tokenise
  11. tokenised

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