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For all of the woes besetting our business, I believe with all my heart that newspapers - whether they are distributed to your doorstep, your laptop, your iPhone or a chip implanted in your cerebral cortex - will be around for a long time.
Bill Keller

Meaning of "besetting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BESETTING

besetting  [bɪˈsɛtɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BESETTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Besetting is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BESETTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

besetting

Decorative arts

The decorative arts are arts or crafts concerned with the design and manufacture of beautiful objects that are also functional. It includes interior design, but not usually architecture. The decorative arts are often categorized in opposition to the "fine arts", namely, painting, drawing, photography, and large-scale sculpture, which generally have no function other than to be seen.

Definition of besetting in the English dictionary

The definition of besetting in the dictionary is tempting, harassing, or assailing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BESETTING


blood-letting
ˈblʌdˌlɛtɪŋ
filmsetting
ˈfɪlmˌsɛtɪŋ
go-getting
ˈɡəʊˌɡɛtɪŋ
jet-setting
ˈdʒɛtˌsɛtɪŋ
letting
ˈlɛtɪŋ
netting
ˈnɛtɪŋ
onsetting
ˈɒnˌsɛtɪŋ
pacesetting
ˈpeɪsˌsɛtɪŋ
petting
ˈpɛtɪŋ
photosetting
ˈfəʊtəʊˌsɛtɪŋ
phototypesetting
ˌfəʊtəʊˈtaɪpˌsɛtɪŋ
quick-setting
ˌkwɪkˈsɛtɪŋ
setting
ˈsɛtɪŋ
sunsetting
ˈsʌnˌsɛtɪŋ
sweating
ˈswɛtɪŋ
thermosetting
ˌθɜːməʊˈsɛtɪŋ
typesetting
ˈtaɪpˌsɛtɪŋ
upsetting
ʌpˈsɛtɪŋ
vetting
ˈvɛtɪŋ
wetting
ˈwɛtɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BESETTING

besee
beseech
beseecher
beseeching
beseechingly
beseechingness
beseem
beseemingly
beseemingness
beseemly
beset
besetment
besetter
beshadow
beshame
beshine
beshout
beshrew
beshroud
beside

WORDS THAT END LIKE BESETTING

accounting
admitting
batting
betting
chatting
committing
cutting
emitting
fitting
formatting
knitting
permitting
plotting
putting
resetting
sitting
spitting
splitting
spotting
submitting
transmitting

Synonyms and antonyms of besetting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BESETTING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «besetting» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of besetting

Translation of «besetting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BESETTING

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

Translator English - Chinese

困扰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

asedia
570 millions of speakers

English

besetting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घावा करनेवाला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تحيق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

запинающий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

assedia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চিরাভ্যস্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

besetting
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Besetting
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gewohnheits
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

絶えず付きまとう
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에워싸는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Besetting
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đuổi riết người nào
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிடித்துள்ள
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आच्छादित करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yakasını bırakmayan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

assillante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dręczy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обплутує
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chinuitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πλήττουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

teister
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sköte
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

besettende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of besetting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BESETTING»

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

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4 QUOTES WITH «BESETTING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word besetting.
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Fredrik Bajer
A sign that a peace association is going adrift is its exclusion of other political parties, with whom it could collaborate effectively on most of the problems besetting the cause of peace.
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James F. Cooper
It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of men exhibit their tyranny.
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James F. Cooper
It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses of men exhibit their tyranny.
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Bill Keller
For all of the woes besetting our business, I believe with all my heart that newspapers - whether they are distributed to your doorstep, your laptop, your iPhone or a chip implanted in your cerebral cortex - will be around for a long time.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BESETTING»

Discover the use of besetting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to besetting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Besetting: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
This is the usual form in which the masses of men exhibit their tyranny.ndash;James CooperIt is a curious fact that of all the illusions that beset mankind none is quite so curious as that tendency to suppose that we are mentally and ...
‎2008
2
English Irregular Verbs: Master 250 irregular verbs in English
... Present/Gerund Perfect/Gerund Past beset besetting having beset beset Mode Infinitive Tense Present Perfect Present Continuous Perfect Continuous beset to have beset to be besetting to have been besetting Mode Progressive Indicative ...
TZ-one, 2013
3
Her Besetting Virtue
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Mary Stuart Boyd, 2010
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The Heidegger Reader
This violence of besetting allows one to surmise that what is here called '' besetting'' is no mere human doing, even if the human belongs to its accomplishment. The question remains to what extent the human is already entailed in the essence ...
Martin Heidegger, Günter Figal, 2009
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Practical Christian Living
Besetting. Sins. Ephesians 4:25-32 ". . . let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us" (Heb. 12:1). Why do we allow "besetting sins" to beset us? I. The Issue of ...
Charles R. Wood
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Being Transformed from Glory to Glory
Iniquities And Besetting Sin Explained Iniquity is a propensity or a bent for a class of sin. We commit iniquitous sins because we are vulnerable or even predisposed to them. Iniquity is much like a bruise because it is 'inner-rottenness.
David E. McFadden, 2011
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Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough: A Guide to Nine Biblical ...
Besetting sins are habitual sinful behaviors or attitudes that victimize and enslave people. When you are a victim of a besetting sin, you do not clench your fist in the face of God and transgress His purpose; you are helpless and broken before ...
Elmer L. Towns, 2011
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Churchman's Magazine
But, fourthly, in order to determine your besetting sin, it may be useful to consider by what inward disposition or passion you have been most frequently betrayed into acts of outward disobedience to God. — Upon searching, for example into ...
9
Ask Me Anything 2: More Provocative Answers for College Students
“That used to be called a 'besetting' sin.” “You understand,then?” “I think so. St. Paul even talks about besetting sin.'Ido notunderstand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.'” “Yeah—Romans 7.I'vebeen ...
J. Budziszewski, 2014
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The A to Z Guide to Finding It in the Bible: A ...
Besetting. sin(sin,. temptation,. weakness). Habitual wrongdoing; sin that onefinds difficult to overcome Since wearesurroundedbysomanyexamples of faith , we must get rid of everything that slows us down, especially sinthat distracts us.
‎2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BESETTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term besetting is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bernie Sanders's Charming, Perfectly Awful Plan to Save Higher …
So, for the record, I don't believe that tenure is responsible for most or even many of the ills besetting higher education. Tenure is not the main ... «Chronicle of Higher Education, Jul 15»
2
Black Unemployment Rate Drops To Lowest Level Since 2008 Great …
... rate of unemployment started receding, the president himself rarely spoke of the “economic crisis” besetting the African American community. «ThyBlackMan, Jul 15»
3
We should learn to love gridlock in Washington
We wanted this to be power contradicting power, because the main ill besetting us ... is an excess of legislation.' ... This is 1787; he didn't know ... «Tyler Morning Telegraph, Jul 15»
4
Movie review: Home Care (Domácí péče)
... with the young Hanáčková (Tatiana Vilhelmová), who believes energy, and not medicine, is the answer to the ills besetting Vlasta's health. «Prague Post, Jul 15»
5
Hugh MacDonald meets Henry Blofeld
That would have been the worst of all the besetting sins," he says. This is fine in principle but surely testing in practice. Blofeld, now the court ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
6
Short bumpy rides of market would not deter India's long-term …
A couple of months ago, the predominant issue besetting the markets was monsoon, inflation, reforms pace etc. And today, the tidings of ... «MoneyGuru India, Jul 15»
7
Poe: Why was DOTC chief cleared in MRT case?
Sen. Grace Poe headed the Senate subcommittee on public services that looked into the problems besetting MRT-3 operations. In past Senate ... «Philippine Star, Jul 15»
8
Maureen Dowd: Ruckuses on the Riviera
Amid the troubles besetting tourists coming to France, the ministry website had warnings for French tourists going to America: Do not act too ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»
9
Can Modi Visit Move TAPI Forward?
The Diplomat has already covered the issues besetting the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline, but given Modi's visit, ... «The Diplomat, Jul 15»
10
Ibrahim Ali gets something right
In all fairness, who indeed could possibly address all the issues besetting Putrajaya before the general election? The scandals around 1MDB ... «Free Malaysia Today, Jul 15»

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