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PRONUNCIATION OF MAUNDERING

maundering  [ˈmɔːndərɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAUNDERING

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

WHAT DOES MAUNDERING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of maundering in the English dictionary

The definition of maundering in the dictionary is aimless or rambling.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAUNDERING


bewildering
bɪˈwɪldərɪŋ
blundering
ˈblʌndərɪŋ
bouldering
ˈbəʊldərɪŋ
considering
kənˈsɪdərɪŋ
gerrymandering
ˌdʒɛrɪˈmændərɪŋ
hindering
ˈhɪndərɪŋ
laundering
ˈlɔːndərɪŋ
meandering
mɪˈændərɪŋ
ordering
ˈɔːdərɪŋ
philandering
fɪˈlændərɪŋ
powdering
ˈpaʊdərɪŋ
rendering
ˈrɛndərɪŋ
shuddering
ˈʃʌdərɪŋ
smoldering
ˈsməʊldərɪŋ
smouldering
ˈsməʊldərɪŋ
tendering
ˈtɛndərɪŋ
thundering
ˈθʌndərɪŋ
unwandering
ʌnˈwɒndərɪŋ
wandering
ˈwɒndərɪŋ
wondering
ˈwʌndərɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAUNDERING

mauling
Maulmain
maulstick
maulvi
maumet
maumetry
maun
Mauna Kea
Mauna Loa
maund
maunder
maunderer
maundies
maundy
Maundy money
Maundy Thursday
maungier
maungiest
maungy
maunna

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAUNDERING

bring
catering
civil engineering
covering
electrical engineering
empowering
engineering
fingering
flattering
flowering
gathering
hovering
lettering
lowering
mechanical engineering
offering
pioneering
recovering
steering
suffering
watering

Synonyms and antonyms of maundering in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MAUNDERING»

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

Translation of «maundering» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAUNDERING

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

Translator English - Chinese

maundering
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

maundering
570 millions of speakers

English

maundering
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

maundering
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

maundering
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

maundering
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

maundering
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অসার দম্ভোক্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maundering
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Maundering
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

maundering
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

maundering
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

maundering
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Maundering
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

maundering
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

maundering
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निरुपण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

maundering
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

maundering
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

snujących
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

maundering
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

maundering
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

maundering
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

maundering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

maundering
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

maundering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of maundering

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAUNDERING»

The term «maundering» is used very little and occupies the 153.836 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAUNDERING» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAUNDERING»

Discover the use of maundering in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to maundering and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Scepticism, Knowledge, and Forms of Reasoning
The absence of maundering is to be a necessary condition for knowledge generally, and is meant to capture what is gestured at in the requirement that one not be dreaming, in the grip of a demon, a brain in a vat, and so on. Let us assume for ...
John Koethe, 2005
2
The Secret of Hegel: Being the Hegelian System in Origin, ...
What curious maundering dreaming, or dreaming maundering, is all that playing at philosophising over the Greek gods ! He talks much of abstract and concrete ; but, after all, did the concrete ever shine into him but through the abstractions of ...
James Hutchison Stirling, 1898
3
Notes and Queries
The meaning of maundering, then, was originally to go idly round begging. The word actually occurs in Norman French in the 1 Chronicle of Pierre de Langtoft,' p . 270 ; Toynbee, ' Specimens of Old French.' Hekbert A. Strong. Liverpool Univ.
William White, 1896
4
Punch
You will immediately take that leader to the Maundering Herald. And mind: large type, with double leads. Understand mc, double leads." The Loud Mayor compassionately shook his head, and remarked that it seemed a very hopeless case.
‎1857
5
Punch
He was seated cross-legged before the office of the Maundering Herald, having covered a large square of the pavement with writing, and with rude designs in coloured chalk. The writing he continually rubbed out, and as continually renewed.
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, 1857
6
Alexandri: Cloud-Cuckoo-Town
I'm considering writing my memoirs, but find mental maundering easier than transforming memories into words. By great Serapis' balls, has life come to this? Emotional decisions about writing or not writing? Recording events that are boring or ...
Marilyn Ekdahl Ravicz, 2009
7
The Cabinet: Or, The Selected Beauties of Literature
Maundering, or no maundering,” answered Maggie, “ it's as true as I tell you; but ye're no to ask me any questions, for I'll no answer them; but this I will say, Tullishill, that I'll ne'er put muckle faith in the character that the world gies to any body.
John Aitken, 1831
8
Running to Paradise : Yeats's Poetic Art: Yeats's Poetic Art
She smiled and that transfigured me And left me but a lout, Maundering here, and maundering there, Emptier of thought Than the heavenly circuit of its stars When the moon sails out. The strangeness of this plaint is what gives it its power.
the late M. L. Rosenthal, 1997
9
Intelligent Agent Software Engineering
The motivator appraisal described above for the maundering reactive agent could, therefore, be applied to many agents, making use of the motivator-initiating reactive agent, one motivator appraisal agent, and a planning agent. The design  ...
Valentina Plekhanova, 2003
10
Fiske WordPower: The Exclusive System to Learn, Not Just ...
The word comes from “meander,” which can be a pleasant kind of rambling—the word originally denoted a winding river—but “maundering” is always negative. • Although Norman shared the religious faith of the speaker, he found himself ...
Edward Fiske, Jane Mallison, Margery Mandell, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAUNDERING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term maundering is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bajrangi Bhaijaan: Chand Nawab, not Nawazuddin is the hero
You will develop sympathy for the maundering journalist and his earnest efforts to get the shot right. After the video went viral, several parodies ... «Emirates 24/7, Jul 15»
2
Bajrangi Bhaijaan: Chand Nawab, not Nawazuddin is hero in Pakistan
You will develop sympathy for the maundering journalist and his earnest efforts to get the shot right. After the video went viral, several parodies ... «Emirates 24/7, Jul 15»
3
Could artificial intelligence kill us off?
No-one bores quite like a drugs bore, and nothing discredited acid more effectively than a bunch of lobotomised long-hairs all maundering on ... «Newsweek, Jun 15»
4
Drama wizard Caryl Churchill defies theatrical conventions
In the second half another generation is maundering around suburban London and different characters, close up, are played by the same ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
5
Cleveland, On the Brink
I thought about them as I sat with my father watching television that Saturday morning, watching Judge John O'Donnell maundering about in ... «The New Republic, May 15»
6
Pundits lost their deposits in the general election
So who needs more months of maundering introspection before the relief of September's vote? Just over a fortnight after what David Cameron ... «The Guardian, May 15»
7
Director Woody Allen and cast members of his latest film 'Irrational …
This maundering, maudlin fable stars Matthew McConaughey as a would-be suicide approaching final flashpoint via interminable flashbacks. «Financial Times, May 15»
8
It's black and white — this Green's got to go
Reading his maundering maiden speech, there is little to believe he will offer anything more than any other textbook inner-city sandalista, ... «The Daily Telegraph, May 15»
9
Players, Haters, Ball, and the Players' Choice Awards
And besides, my bloggy maundering is media, too. I traffic in takes and hatchet jobs and speculation, same as a lot of people, although I hope ... «VICE, Apr 15»
10
'Buried Child' explores decline of American dream
Dodge's wife, Halie, dallies with the local minister while maundering on about the good old days. Vince's father, Tilden, who recently returned to ... «Palm Beach Daily News, Apr 15»

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