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Meaning of "Lessing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LESSING

Lessing  [ˈlɛsɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LESSING

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Lessing 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 LESSING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lessing

Lessing is a surname of Slavic origin, originally Lessigk meaning woodman. Lessing may refer to: A German family of writers, artists, musicians and politicians who can be traced back to a Michil Lessigk mentioned in 1518 as being a linen weaver in Jahnsdorf by Chemnitz. The family includes: ▪ Johann Gottfried Lessing (1693-1770) pastor primarus in Kamenz, well respected, published theologian, translator and father of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781) and Karl Gotthelf Lessing (1740–1812). Johann Gottfried's father Theophilus Lessing 1647-1735 mayor of Kamenz Robert Schumann's (the composer and pianist 1810-1856) four times great uncle, Johanne Sophie Susanna Lessing (1745-1818 daughter of Carl Heinrich Lessing 1713, a trumpeter) his grandmother. ▪ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781), one of the most prominent philosophers of the Enlightenment era, recognised as the world's first dramaturg, Germany's first dramatist and comedy playwright, champion for religious tolerance, friend of Moses Mendelssohn, critic for the Vossische Zeitung, translator and Shakespearean scholar. Today his own works appear as prototypes of the later developed bourgeois German drama.

Definition of Lessing in the English dictionary

The definition of Lessing in the dictionary is Doris. born 1919, English novelist and short-story writer, brought up in Rhodesia: her novels include the five-novel sequence Children of Violence, The Golden Notebook, a series of science-fiction works, The Good Terrorist, and The Sweetest Dream. Nobel prize for literature 2007. Other definition of Lessing is Gotthold Ephraim. 1729–81, German dramatist and critic. His plays include Miss Sara Sampson, the first German domestic tragedy, and Nathan der Weise. He is noted for his criticism of French classical dramatists, and for his treatise on aesthetics Laokoon.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LESSING


blessing
ˈblɛsɪŋ
coprocessing
ˌkəʊˈprəʊsɛsɪŋ
data-processing
ˌdeɪtəˈprəʊsɛsɪŋ
depressing
dɪˈprɛsɪŋ
distressing
dɪsˈtrɛsɪŋ
dressing
ˈdrɛsɪŋ
hairdressing
ˈhɛədrɛsɪŋ
prepossessing
ˌpriːpəˈzɛsɪŋ
pressing
ˈprɛsɪŋ
processing
ˈprəʊsɛsɪŋ
reprocessing
riːˈprəʊsɛsɪŋ
teleprocessing
ˌtɛlɪˈprəʊsɛsɪŋ
unprepossessing
ˌʌnpriːpəˈzɛsɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LESSING

Lesseps
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Lesser Antilles
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lesser periwinkle
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lesser spearwort
lesser spotted dogfish
lesser spotted woodpecker
Lesser Sunda Islands

WORDS THAT END LIKE LESSING

addressing
advertising
crossing
data processing
embarrassing
focussing
food processing
harassing
hissing
image processing
in passing
information processing
missing
mixed blessing
on-line data processing
passing
salad dressing
surpassing
text processing
waitressing
word processing

Synonyms and antonyms of Lessing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Lessing» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

莱辛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Lessing
570 millions of speakers

English

Lessing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लेसिंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ليسنغ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Лессинг
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Lessing
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লেসিং
260 millions of speakers

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Lessing
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kurangkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lessing
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

レッシング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

레싱
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kuranging
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Lessing
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லெஸ்ஸிங்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लेसिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Lessing
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Lessing
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Lessing
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Лессінг
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Lessing
30 millions of speakers
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Lessing
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Lessing
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Lessing
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Lessing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Lessing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LESSING»

The term «Lessing» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.045 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LESSING» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LESSING»

Discover the use of Lessing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Lessing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Golden Notebook: A Novel
Doris Lessing's best-known and most influential novel, The Golden Notebook retains its extraordinary power and relevance decades after its initial publication.
Doris Lessing, 2013
2
Doris Lessing
Essays of critical interpretation portray views of Doris Lessing's work, including "The Golden Notebook," "Marriages," and "The Grass is Singing."
Harold Bloom, 2003
3
Between East and West: Sufism in the Novels of Doris Lessing
Considers how Lessing's exposure to a particular aspect of tasawwuf, the classical Sufi Way, has shaped her work.
Muge Galin, 1997
4
Doris Lessing: The Poetics of Change
An original and compelling appraisal of this important international literary figure
Gayle Greene, 1997
5
The Fifth Child
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Doris Lessing, 2010
6
The Grandmothers
Four novellas by Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, that once again show her to be unequalled in her ability to capture the truth of the human condition.
Doris Lessing, 2012
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A Companion to the Works of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
New essays providing a comprehensive view of the pathbreaking dramatist and theorist Lessing.
Barbara Fischer, Thomas C. Fox, 2005
8
On Cats
A collection of charming and celebrated writings about cats, from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Doris Lessing, 2012
9
A literature of their own: British Women Novelists, from ...
This revised and expanded edition contains a new introductory chapter surveying the book's reception as well as a postscript chapter celebrating the legacy of feminism and feminist criticism in the efflorescence of contemporary British ...
Elaine Showalter, 2009
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The Grass is Singing
This murder story features a Rhodesian farmer's wife and her houseboy.
Doris Lessing, 1973

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LESSING»

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My favourite books: Brian Moore and Doris Lessing - Telegraph
In this extract from Antonia Fraser's The Pleasures of Reading, we look at the literary inspirations of Brian Moore and Doris Lessing. What did ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Colby College Museum of Art, Inland Hospital team up to X-ray …
Lauren Lessing points on Wednesday to a painting that Nina Roth-Wells restored for the Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville. Staff photo ... «Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, Jul 15»
3
Locals find treasures at Randall's Ordinary sale
Nick Lessing, 11, reacts as his sister Michaela, 8, captures his final king to win a game of checkers they're playing on an antique game table ... «theday.com, Jul 15»
4
Kelowna lawyer involved in Ponzi scheme disbarred | Globalnews.ca
Lessing, 2013 LSBC 29, at par. 61, this consideration is wider than simply 'protecting the public from lawyers who might, for instance, steal ... «Globalnews.ca, Jul 15»
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Jellyfish by Janice Galloway review – an exquisite short-story …
(The books that go up in flames include a significant amount of the female canon, not uncritically judged – Doris Lessing is described as ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
6
Orange Tree Theatre ready to enter its new era
He cites the theatre's revival of Doris Lessing's Each His Own Wilderness as an example of a play working, despite "people saying that it couldn't". Mr Miller ... «Your Local Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Newport West MP Paul Flynn book top of MP's summer reading list
... Harper Lee book Go Set a Watchman making the list as well as The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton and The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing. «South Wales Argus, Jul 15»
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What MPs will be reading this summer: Paul Flynn, Boris Johnson …
... Lamentation by C J Samson, The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton, The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
9
An accessible ceiling: Montreal gallery brings Michelangelo to the …
The book was filled with images by Austrian photographer Erich Lessing, who had been granted access and permission to photograph the ... «National Post, Jul 15»
10
John Fowles's revealing correspondence with editor up for auction
... Cape from 1960 until the late 1980s and published authors including Doris Lessing, Philip Roth, Gabriel García Márquez and Joseph Heller. «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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