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Meaning of "colouring" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COLOURING

colouring  [ˈkʌlərɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLOURING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Colouring 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 COLOURING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of colouring in the English dictionary

The first definition of colouring in the dictionary is the process or art of applying colour. Other definition of colouring is anything used to give colour, such as dye, paint, etc. Colouring is also appearance with regard to shade and colour.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLOURING


ashlaring
ˈæʃlərɪŋ
bearing
ˈbɛərɪŋ
catering
ˈkeɪtərɪŋ
coloring
ˈkʌlərɪŋ
considering
kənˈsɪdərɪŋ
covering
ˈkʌvərɪŋ
during
ˈdjʊərɪŋ
engineering
ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
gathering
ˈɡæðərɪŋ
hearing
ˈhɪərɪŋ
manufacturing
ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃərɪŋ
measuring
ˈmɛʒərɪŋ
monitoring
ˈmɒnɪtərɪŋ
offering
ˈɒfərɪŋ
ordering
ˈɔːdərɪŋ
r-colouring
ˈɑːˌkʌlərɪŋ
sailoring
ˈseɪlərɪŋ
steering
ˈstɪərɪŋ
tailoring
ˈteɪlərɪŋ
wearing
ˈwɛərɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLOURING

colourably
colourant
colouration
coloured
colourer
colourfast
colourfastness
colourful
colourfully
colourfulness
colouring book
colourisation
colourise
colouriser
colourist
colouristic
colouristically
colourization
colourize
colourizer

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLOURING

adventuring
alluring
bicycle touring
bring
conjuring
corporate restructuring
curing
devouring
enduring
food colouring
lean manufacturing
neighbouring
outpouring
pouring
procuring
reassuring
restructuring
scouring
torturing
touring
Turing

Synonyms and antonyms of colouring in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «COLOURING»

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

Translation of «colouring» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLOURING

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

Translator English - Chinese

外貌
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

color
570 millions of speakers

English

colouring
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تَلْوِين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

окрас
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coloração
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শোভা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coloration
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pewarna
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Färbung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

着色
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

착색
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pewarnaan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

việc tô màu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிறங்களை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रंगाची पूड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

boyama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

colorazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kolorowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

забарвлення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

culoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χρωματισμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kleur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

färgning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fargelegging
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of colouring

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLOURING»

The term «colouring» is very widely used and occupies the 22.592 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COLOURING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «colouring» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «colouring» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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3 QUOTES WITH «COLOURING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word colouring.
1
Robert Carlyle
Biologically, I'm lucky - an angular face and dark colouring which shows up well on camera.
2
Robert D. Hare
Language and words for psychopaths are only word deep; there is no emotional colouring behind it. A psychopath can use a word like, 'I love you' but it means nothing more to him than if he said, 'I'll have a cup of coffee.'
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Colleen McCullough
I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech pattens.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLOURING»

Discover the use of colouring in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to colouring and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Tattoo Colouring Book
A first-rate sourcebook for original old school North American style tattoo designs, masterfully interpreted with a modern edge.
Kirk Sheppard, Cara Sheppard, Cara Hamilton, 2005
2
Graph Colouring and the Probabilistic Method
Over the past decade, many major advances have been made in the field of graph colouring via the probabilistic method.
Michael Molloy, Bruce Reed, 2002
3
Graph Colouring and Applications
This volume presents the proceedings of the CRM workshop on graph coloring and applications.
Pierre Hansen, Odile Marcotte, 1999
4
The Colouring, Bronzing, and Patination of Metals: A Manual ...
"The techniques of metal colouring, bronzing and patination .
Richard Hughes, 1991
5
The Tattoo Colouring Book II
63 pages of art by 24 professional tattoo artists. THE TATTOO COLOURING BOOK II is a celebration of contemporary tattooing, both as an art form and a craft, diverse in its influences and in a constant state of evolution.
Kirk & Cara, eds Sheppard, 2008
6
Colouring the past: the significance of colour in ...
This book explores the means by which colour-based cultural understandings are formed, and how they are used to sustain or alter social relations.
Andrew Jones, Gavin MacGregor, 2002
7
Colouring Meaning: Collocation and Connotation in Figurative ...
Unlike many studies of creativity in language, this book-length survey addresses the matter at several levels, from the purely linguistic level of collocation, through its abstractions in colligation and semantic preference, to semantic ...
Gill Philip, 2011
8
Graph Colouring and Variations
Graph Colouring and Variations
D. de Werra, A. Hertz, 1989
9
The Hexjibber Colouring and Activity Book
If so, then this book is for you! This spectacular book comes from the award winning brain of Andy Sykes, responsible for the animated shorts 'Evil Fun With Zimmy' and 'Andy's Life Animations, as seen on BBC2's Homegrown Hollywood!
Andy Sykes, 2007
10
Colouring Book
The illustrations are listed at the end of the book with a full-colour reproduction of each original work and detailed bibliographic information. Suitable for children aged three years and up, this book will entertain for hours.
National Library of Australia, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLOURING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term colouring is used in the context of the following news items.
1
​Adult colouring craze comes to Bath Library and Green Park …
Copies of Bath artist Samuel Lindup's adult colouring book The Colouring Mind are available at Bath Library for people to colour in and then ... «Bath Chronicle, Jul 15»
2
Colouring-in books boom continues with volume of mathematical …
With Penguin Random House planning a series of colouring books ... been those focusing on the therapeutic and mindful benefits of colouring. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Is it OK to admit you enjoy colouring in?
Playing with felt-tipped pens never used to be this controversial. Colouring books were traditionally a fallback for harangued parents, creating a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Publisher creates football pundit colouring book
'Quite Literally' Pundit Colouring pokes fun at the serious world of Super Sunday, Match of the Day and other overblown football shows on the ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
5
Colouring books for adults are in.
Firmly request for directions to the colouring book section, select one (or two) items, add a large box of coloured pencils and, bingo, before you ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
6
The truth that might be hard to swallow
Some food colouring is made out of bugs — TRUE: The female Cochineal beetle can and is used to make red dyes ranging from red, orange, ... «Courier Mail, Jul 15»
7
Colouring book to bring “insight and illumination” into maths
Bellos has “created a unique and inspiring colouring book using patterns such as loops, waves and spirals to bring insight and illumination into ... «The Bookseller, Jul 15»
8
Video/Poll: Colouring-in is no longer just for kids, meet the grown …
Jessica Holt, 37, of Ipswich, has developed her colouring skills over the past decade and now experiments with different types of shading. «East Anglian Daily Times, Jul 15»
9
Colouring-in books for adults started with love affair for Melbourne …
Named as a contraction of 'colouring' and 'meditation', the Colourtation books are promoted as an unconventional way to combat stress and ... «ABC Local, Jul 15»
10
Colouring books are suddenly catching on with adults
There are Facebook pages devoted to adult colourers. There are colouring clubs. People who motivate themselves to pay off debt by colouring. «SBS, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
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