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Young children were sooner allured by love, than driven by beating, to attain good learning.
Roger Ascham

Meaning of "beating" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BEATING

beating  [ˈbiːtɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEATING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Beating is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BEATING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of beating in the English dictionary

The definition of beating in the dictionary is a whipping or thrashing, as in punishment. Other definition of beating is a defeat or setback.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BEATING


breast-beating
ˈbrestˌbiːtɪŋ
cheating
ˈtʃiːtɪŋ
competing
kəmˈpiːtɪŋ
eating
ˈiːtɪŋ
fleeting
ˈfliːtɪŋ
greeting
ˈɡriːtɪŋ
grouse-beating
ˈɡraʊsˌbiːtɪŋ
heating
ˈhiːtɪŋ
Keating
ˈkiːtɪŋ
meat-eating
ˈmiːtˌiːtɪŋ
meeting
ˈmiːtɪŋ
overeating
ˌəʊvərˈiːtɪŋ
overheating
ˌəʊvəˈhiːtɪŋ
panel-beating
ˈpænəlˌbiːtɪŋ
repeating
rɪˈpiːtɪŋ
retreating
rɪˈtriːtɪŋ
seating
ˈsiːtɪŋ
sheeting
ˈʃiːtɪŋ
wife-beating
ˈwaɪfˌbiːtɪŋ
world-beating
ˈwɜːldˌbiːtɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEATING

beatboxing
beaten
beaten-up
beater
beath
beatific
beatifical
beatifically
beatification
beatified
beatifies
beatify
beating-up
beatitude
beatless
beatnik
Beaton
Beatrix
Beatty
beaty

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEATING

accounting
alternating
boating
calculating
coating
communicating
dating
decorating
devastating
fascinating
floating
frustrating
humiliating
incorporating
mating
operating
rating
rotating
skating
star rating
stimulating

Synonyms and antonyms of beating in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BEATING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «beating» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of beating
accent · agitate · bang · bash · batter · battering · belt · belting · best · blend · blow · break · bruise · buffet · cadence · cane · caning · cap · chastisement · chin · circuit · clapped out · clobber · clout · conquer · conquest · corporal punishment · course · crush · cudgel · deck · defeat · downfall · drub · drubbing · eclipse · exceed · excel · exhausted · fashion · fatigued · flap · flog · flogging · flutter · fold · forge · form · hammer · hammering · hiding · hit · ictus · knock · knock spots off · lam · lash · lashing · lick · lilt · make mincemeat of · master · maul · measure · metre · mix · model · movement · outdo · outplay · outrun · outstrip · overcome · overpower · overthrow · overwhelm · palpitate · palpitation · pasting · path · pattern · pelt · play · pound · pounding · pulsate · pulsating · pulsation · pulse · punch · put in the shade · quake · quiver · rap · rhythm · rout · route · ruin · run rings around · shake · shape · slap · slapping · smack · smacking · sock · stir · stress · strike · striking · stuff · subdue · subjugate · surpass · swing · swish · tan · tank · tanning · tempo · thrash · thrashing · throb · thump · thumping · thwack · tick · time · tired · tonk · top · transcend · tremble · trounce · undo · vanquish · vibrate · vibration · wag · wallop · way · wearied · whack · whip · whipping · whisk · work · worn out · zonked

Translation of «beating» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BEATING

Find out the translation of beating to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of beating from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «beating» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

跳动
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paliza
570 millions of speakers

English

beating
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पिटाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الضرب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

избиение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

espancamento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রহার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coups
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memukul
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schlagen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

敗北
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

구타
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngalahake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đánh đập
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடிக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पराभव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dayak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

battito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bicie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

побиття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bătaie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξυλοδαρμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stryk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

juling
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of beating

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEATING»

The term «beating» is very widely used and occupies the 10.942 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BEATING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about beating

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10 QUOTES WITH «BEATING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word beating.
1
Muhammad Ali
If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.
2
Roger Ascham
Young children were sooner allured by love, than driven by beating, to attain good learning.
3
Charles Baudelaire
To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is beating funeral marches.
4
Rand Beers
You can't succeed in beating the insurgents unless you can convince the people that they can be protected.
5
Arna Bontemps
Yet would we die as some have done, beating a way for the rising sun.
6
Eric Bristow
I remember when we were in the World Cup in Australia and I had to win the singles against Tony Payne, best of seven legs, to win it. I was 2-0 down but ended up beating him 4-2.
7
Phillips Brooks
Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing - where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger; which he knows he was meant and made to do.
8
Abel Ferrara
Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don't find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
9
Gary Frank
We can't do a modern Batman continually beating up thugs in zoot suits with tommy guns in violin cases. The game has to move on. It has to feel relevant.
10
Alan Furst
Whether you like it or not, Paris is the beating heart of Western civilisation. It's where it all began and ended.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEATING»

Discover the use of beating in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to beating and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Beating Gout: A Sufferer's Guide to Living Pain Free
The most comprehensive and up-to-date book on managing gout written for the gout sufferer.
Victor Konshin, 2009
2
Beating the Street
In this book, Peter Lynch shows you how you can become an expert in a company and how you can build a profitable investment portfolio, based on your own experience and insights and on straightforward do-it-yourself research.
Peter Lynch, 2012
3
Beating the Odds
He was Australia's most convicted SP bookmaker and was the prime target of gaming and vice squads around the country in the 1980s. Yet he would eventually sell his businesses for hundreds of millions of dollars. This is his story.
Nichola Garvey, 2011
4
Beating Melanoma: A Five-Step Survival Guide
"An earlier version of this book was published on-line as Beating melanoma-- the survival manual: a 5-step guide for patients with melanoma."--T.p. verso.
Steven Q. Wang, 2011
5
Beating Your Eating Disorder: A Cognitive-Behavioral ...
This book is relevant to any sufferer, if: • You are not yet sure about whether to seek help • You are not sure where to find help • Your family doctor or others recommend that you try a self-help approach • You are waiting for ...
Glenn Waller, Victoria Mountford, Rachel Lawson, 2010
6
Beating Back the Devil: On the Front Lines with the Disease ...
Urgent, exhilarating, and compelling, Beating Back the Devil goes with the EIS as they try to stop epidemics -- before the epidemics stop us.
Maryn McKenna, 2008
7
Battling and Beating Cancer: The Cancer Survival Book
"Battling And Beating Cancer - The Cancer Survival Book "is an inspiring story of a couple fighting cancer together.
Charlene McMann-Seaman, Scott Seaman, 2009
8
Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave ...
This book powerfully demonstrates why it's so important to be self-compassionate and give yourself the same caring support you'd give to a good friend.
Dr. Kristin Neff, 2011
9
Beating the Fascists?: The German Communists and Political ...
In this book Eve Rosenhaft examines the involvement of Communists in political violence during the years of Hitler's rise to power in Germany (1929–33).
Eve Rosenhaft, 1983
10
Beating the Blues : New Approaches to Overcoming Dysthymia ...
They think, "that's just the way I am. There's really not much I can do about it." As Dr. Michael Thase and science writer Susan S. Lang reveal in this wonderful new book, the good news is they can do something about it.
Michael E. Thase M.D. Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Director of the Mood Disorders Module University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Susan S. Lang M.D. Senior Science Writer Cornell University, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEATING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term beating is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Capt.: Calling beating anti-white was officer's opinion
Scroll down to see a witness's video posted on Facebook of part of the altercation. Police backed away Monday from an officer's incident report ... «Cincinnati.com, Jul 15»
2
9-Year-Old Boy Dies From Beating Over Birthday Cake
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (WJZ) — Investigators say he was handcuffed and beaten for taking a slice of birthday cake without permission. Now a ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
3
Student Athlete Implicated in Friend's Fatal Beating Gets 7 Years …
A former Dallas-area high school basketball player has been given 7 years of deferred adjudication, or probation, after a player from a rival ... «NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, Jul 15»
4
San Mateo woman arrested in fatal baseball bat beating
A 40-year-old San Mateo woman was arrested Saturday night on suspicion of murder for beating her 66-year-old neighbor to death with a ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
5
Bail set at $50000 for Millinocket man accused of beating wife
BANGOR, Maine — A Millinocket man accused of beating his 76-year-old wife with his fists so badly last week that she now is blind in one eye ... «Bangor Daily News, Jul 15»
6
Maria Sharapova into Wimbledon quarter-finals after beating Zarina …
Maria Sharapova celebrates after beating Zarina Diyas 6-4, 6-4 to reach the last eight at Wimbledon. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Andy Murray through to Wimbledon 2015 quarter-finals after beating
The huge Croatian was a serious test to Britain's No 1, his phenomenal serving a constricting presence on this match, but Murray is indeed a ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
8
Madison Keys reaches Wimbledon 2015 quarter-final after beating
The 21st-seeded player beat Olga Govortsova of Belarus 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 on Monday at the All England Club. Keys, who reached the Australian ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
9
Sikeston man, 70, accused of beating brother with hammer
SIKESTON, Mo. • A 70-year-old southeast Missouri man is jailed on $25,000 bond after being accused of pummeling his brother on the head ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
10
Another Man Arrested for Beating Murder Trial Witness
Barnes, along with four other men are wanted in the beating of Javon Martin, who testified as a witness in the murder trial of Dominic Diaz this ... «YourErie, Jul 15»

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