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Meaning of "flatting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FLATTING

flatting  [ˈflætɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLATTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flatting is a verb and can also act as 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.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb flatting in English.

WHAT DOES FLATTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Roommate

A roommate is a person who shares a living facility such as an apartment or dormitory. Similar terms include suitemate, housemate, flatmate, or sharemate. A share house is a model of household in which a group of usually unrelated people reside together. The term generally applies to people living together in rental properties rather than in properties in which any resident is an owner occupier.In the UK, the term "roommate" means a person living in the same bedroom, whereas in the United States and Canada, "roommate" and "housemate" are used interchangeably regardless whether a bedroom is shared, although it is common in US universities that having a roommate implies sharing a room together. This article uses the term "roommate" in the US sense of a person one shares a residence with who is not a relative or significant other. The informal term for roommate is roomie, which is commonly used by university students. The most common reason for sharing housing is to reduce the cost of housing.

Definition of flatting in the English dictionary

The first definition of flatting in the dictionary is the process of flattening metal into a sheet by rolling. Other definition of flatting is the practice of sharing a house with people who are not members of one's own family. Flatting is also to leave the parental home and live independently in a flat, usually with people of the same age group.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FLATTING

PRESENT

Present
I flat
you flat
he/she/it flats
we flat
you flat
they flat
Present continuous
I am flatting
you are flatting
he/she/it is flatting
we are flatting
you are flatting
they are flatting
Present perfect
I have flatted
you have flatted
he/she/it has flatted
we have flatted
you have flatted
they have flatted
Present perfect continuous
I have been flatting
you have been flatting
he/she/it has been flatting
we have been flatting
you have been flatting
they have been flatting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I flatted
you flatted
he/she/it flatted
we flatted
you flatted
they flatted
Past continuous
I was flatting
you were flatting
he/she/it was flatting
we were flatting
you were flatting
they were flatting
Past perfect
I had flatted
you had flatted
he/she/it had flatted
we had flatted
you had flatted
they had flatted
Past perfect continuous
I had been flatting
you had been flatting
he/she/it had been flatting
we had been flatting
you had been flatting
they had been flatting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will flat
you will flat
he/she/it will flat
we will flat
you will flat
they will flat
Future continuous
I will be flatting
you will be flatting
he/she/it will be flatting
we will be flatting
you will be flatting
they will be flatting
Future perfect
I will have flatted
you will have flatted
he/she/it will have flatted
we will have flatted
you will have flatted
they will have flatted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been flatting
you will have been flatting
he/she/it will have been flatting
we will have been flatting
you will have been flatting
they will have been flatting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would flatting
you would flatting
he/she/it would flatting
we would flatting
you would flatting
they would flatting
Conditional continuous
I would be flatting
you would be flatting
he/she/it would be flatting
we would be flatting
you would be flatting
they would be flatting
Conditional perfect
I would have flatting
you would have flatting
he/she/it would have flatting
we would have flatting
you would have flatting
they would have flatting
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been flatting
you would have been flatting
he/she/it would have been flatting
we would have been flatting
you would have been flatting
they would have been flatting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you flat
we let´s flat
you flat
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to flat
Past participle
flatted
Present Participle
flatting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLATTING


batting
ˈbætɪŋ
blatting
ˈblætɪŋ
catting
ˈkætɪŋ
chatting
ˈtʃætɪŋ
formatting
ˈfɔːmætɪŋ
hatting
ˈhætɪŋ
high-hatting
ˈhaɪˌhætɪŋ
matting
ˈmætɪŋ
patting
ˈpætɪŋ
photostatting
ˈfəʊtəʊˌstætɪŋ
platting
ˈplætɪŋ
slatting
ˈslætɪŋ
spatting
ˈspætɪŋ
tatting
ˈtætɪŋ
tomcatting
ˈtɒmˌkætɪŋ
wildcatting
ˈwaɪldˌkætɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLATTING

flatted
flatten
flattener
flatter
flatterable
flattered
flatterer
flatteries
flattering
flatteringly
flatterous
flatterously
flattery
flattest
flattie
flatties
flattish
flattop
flatty
flatulence

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLATTING

acting
admitting
betting
committing
cutting
emitting
fitting
knitting
letting
permitting
plotting
putting
resetting
setting
sitting
spitting
splitting
spotting
submitting
transmitting
upsetting

Synonyms and antonyms of flatting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «flatting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLATTING

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

Translator English - Chinese

消光
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

flatting
570 millions of speakers

English

flatting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

किराया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاستواء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Для шлифования
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alisamento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

flatting
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

matité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengembara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Erniedrigung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

圧延
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

납작하게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flatting
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bằng phẳng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

flatting
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्लॅपटिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tesviyesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

flatting
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zmatowaniu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

для шліфування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

turtire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

flatting
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

flatting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

matterings
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flatte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flatting

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLATTING»

The term «flatting» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.212 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of flatting
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «flatting».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLATTING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «flatting» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «flatting» 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 flatting

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLATTING»

Discover the use of flatting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flatting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
In a candy-flatting machine, the combination of a supporting-base, an under flatting-disk journaled upon a central boss on said base and provided with an annular rack on its under side, an upper flatting-disk journaled in angular relation to the ...
United States. Patent Office, 1904
2
Modern Painter
Flatting and How to Do It. We have recently received inquiries from two of our readers asking for information on flatting. There seems to be a little uncertainty among some of our readers on this subject and we accordingly give the following , ...
3
Let There Be Range
Flatting from the blinds with premium hands is something players don't do enough. Whenever they see QQ+ or AK, they auto re-raise any open without putting too much thought into it. Let's go over a few reasons why we should flat these hands ...
Cole South
4
Handbook of Green Chemicals
Diatomaceous earth, amorphous flatting agent, amino-alkyd paints Sylysia 256N; Sylysia 436; Sylysia 445; Sylysia 456 flatting agent, aq. coatings Silica, fumed flatting agent, aq. paints Sylysia 470 flatting agent, asphalt Diatomaceous earth, ...
‎2004
5
Correct English and Current Literary Review ...
... flattening-furnace flattening-hearth flattening-mill flattening-plate flattening- stone flattening-tool flatter-blind to blind with flattery flatting-coat flatting-furnace flatting-hearth flatting-mill flatting-plate flatting-stone flatting-tool flat-tool flottop an  ...
Josephine Turck Baker, 1907
6
Patents, Technology and Bibliography of China Wood Oil (Tung ...
2016 Flatened jar shaped, 2164 Flattened round fruit, 2907 Flattened seeds, 2164 Flatting property, 179, 2379 Flatting action of aluminum soaps, 178 Flatting agents, 211 Flatting can be reniovetl, 2378 Flatting caused, 2374 Flatting caused  ...
7
Chemical technology: or, Chemistry, applied to the arts and ...
by the partition c; d d are two sets of fire bars, on which wood must be burnt ; e is the spreading or flatting-stone of the furnace, which must be perfectly smooth and even, and made of sandstone from God- stone, in Surrey, which is the best ...
Friedrich Knapp, Edmund Ronalds, Walter Rogers Johnson, 1849
8
Water-based Paint Formulations
... Surfactant Surfactant Surfactant Surfactant Surfactant Surfactant Surfactant Surfactant Surfactant Antifoam Silica flatting Silica flatting Silica flatting Silica flatting Silica flatting Silica flatting Silica flatting Silica flatting Silica flatting Silica flatting ...
Ernest W. Flick, 1994
9
Painting and Decorating: A Journal Treating of House, Sign, ...
When the paint is spread in this way it is ready for stippling, z'. e., if it be oil paint; for flatting I think this is not the best plan. When oil painting is not to be finished with stippling, we must “lay it off," as the final brushing is termed. To do this we ...
A. Ashmun Kelly, Frederick Maire, Arthur Seymour Jennings, 1893
10
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers
These mills were used for either dry or wet grinding. Flattening Agent See ▷ Flatting Agent. Flatting Agent n Material added to paints, varnishes and other coating materials to reduce the gloss of the dried film. Any material which, when added ...
Jan W. Gooch, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLATTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flatting is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Books: Big cast hard to follow
Joe is flatting in Melbourne working at various bar jobs and logging on to Facebook to relive his happier past. He seems to be kept sane by his ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
2
Kerre McIvor: Junk food rules in a world with few choices
When I went flatting, I bartered my way out of cooking nights and it wasn't until I became a mum that I learned how to cook. I had a year's grace ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
3
Many contenders in vintage year of song
... the arrival of the Flying Nun label to anyone who wasn't already on the Flying Nun label or flatting with someone in Dunedin who was. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
4
Jump in car-related crime in Palmerston North prompts police warning
Three cars, which were parked within the Morris St flatting complex, each had a tyre slashed. Inspector Brett Calkin said it was unusual for car ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
5
Montana Thunderstorm Results in Crop Damage, Power Outages
... uprooting trees, flatting crops, damaging buildings, breaking windows and, in northern Hill County, picking up 1,000-pound straw bales and ... «Insurance Journal, Jul 15»
6
Review: A weird and wonderful life
At first, I wondered how it was possible to make such ordinary anecdotes as trips to Nana's place and flatting in Christchurch sound like riveting ... «Wairarapa Times-Age, Jul 15»
7
Blankets in demand to combat cold
She said there were also parents buying bedding for their children who were going flatting and could not afford heating. The Temuka ... «Timaru Herald, Jul 15»
8
From the archives: Pebbles Hooper interview
Living with them now is like flatting with her parents, she says. "I want to move out, but I don't want to move out?" Pebbles has spent five years ... «Auckland stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
9
Pressure builds to give renters more rights
"The way that it's still set up is very much one about flatting." "Renting doesn't give you security, so you might be asked to leave for any reason ... «Radio New Zealand, Jul 15»
10
Colman's Enormous Laydown
Therefore, if he was flatting with Kings, he'd be flatting with any other big pairs he 4-bet, which probably includes Queens. I don't think I'm ... «PartTimePoker News, Jul 15»

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