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PRONUNCIATION OF ZIGZAGGING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ZIGZAGGING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Zigzagging is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb zigzagging in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ZIGZAGGING

PRESENT

Present
I zigzag
you zigzag
he/she/it zigzags
we zigzag
you zigzag
they zigzag
Present continuous
I am zigzagging
you are zigzagging
he/she/it is zigzagging
we are zigzagging
you are zigzagging
they are zigzagging
Present perfect
I have zigzagged
you have zigzagged
he/she/it has zigzagged
we have zigzagged
you have zigzagged
they have zigzagged
Present perfect continuous
I have been zigzagging
you have been zigzagging
he/she/it has been zigzagging
we have been zigzagging
you have been zigzagging
they have been zigzagging
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 zigzagged
you zigzagged
he/she/it zigzagged
we zigzagged
you zigzagged
they zigzagged
Past continuous
I was zigzagging
you were zigzagging
he/she/it was zigzagging
we were zigzagging
you were zigzagging
they were zigzagging
Past perfect
I had zigzagged
you had zigzagged
he/she/it had zigzagged
we had zigzagged
you had zigzagged
they had zigzagged
Past perfect continuous
I had been zigzagging
you had been zigzagging
he/she/it had been zigzagging
we had been zigzagging
you had been zigzagging
they had been zigzagging
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you zigzag
we let´s zigzag
you zigzag
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to zigzag
Past participle
zigzagged
Present Participle
zigzagging
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 BEGIN LIKE ZIGZAGGING

ziffius
ZIFT
zigan
ziganka
ziggurat
Zigong
zigzag
zigzagged
zigzaggedness
zigzagger
zigzaggery
zigzaggy
zikkurat
zikurat
zila
zila parishad
zilch
zill
zilla
zillah

WORDS THAT END LIKE ZIGZAGGING

bagging
begging
blogging
bragging
changing
debugging
dogging
dragging
flagging
gagging
hogging
hugging
jogging
lagging
legging
ligging
logging
plugging
rigging
tagging
tugging

Synonyms and antonyms of zigzagging in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «zigzagging» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ZIGZAGGING

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

Translator English - Chinese

锯齿形
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

zigzagueante
570 millions of speakers

English

zigzagging
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बीच से गुजरते
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متعرجة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

зигзагообразно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ziguezague
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

zigzagging
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

zigzag
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Zigzagging
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zickzack
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ジグザグ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지그재그
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Zigzagging
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngoằn ngoèo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

zigzagging
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झिगझिगिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zikzaklı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

zigzagare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zygzakiem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зигзагоподібно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

zigzag
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

zigzagging
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sigsag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sicksack
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sikk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of zigzagging

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ZIGZAGGING»

The term «zigzagging» is regularly used and occupies the 64.807 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ZIGZAGGING» OVER TIME

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

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ZIGZAGGING»

Discover the use of zigzagging in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to zigzagging and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Zigzagging Down a Wild Trail: Stories
Zigzagging Down a Wild Trail is a beautiful book by one of America's finest writers, a book full of drama, humor, and startling insights into the timeless longings of the human heart. "From the Hardcover edition.
Bobbie Ann Mason, 2002
2
Axiomatic Quality: Integrating Axiomatic Design with ...
3.2 INDEPENDENCE AXIOM AND THE ZIGZAGGING APPROACH The independence axiom is stated as follows: The Independence Axiom Maintain the independence of the FRs. The independence of FRs may be checked while conducting ...
Basem El-Haik, 2005
3
Nonlinear Programming: Theory and Algorithms
This zigzagging phenomenon was encountered in Example 8.6.2 and is illustrated in Figure 8.16, in which zigzagging occurs along the valley shown by the dashed lines. Zigzagging and poor convergence of the steepest descent algorithm at ...
Mokhtar S. Bazaraa, Hanif D. Sherali, C. M. Shetty, 2006
4
The Science of Linguistics in the Art of Translation: Some ...
(ii) 1n a wide range of cases, the goal of the translator in using Zigzagging or Substitution will not be to increase or decrease information but merely to achieve (or replicate) an aesthetic or stylistic effect. 1n this regard, consider how one might ...
Joseph L. Malone, 1988
5
Practical Methods of Optimization
However the solution of this subproblem does enable the correct active set to be determined quickly and also avoids the problem of zigzagging (see the theorems at the end of Section 11.3) so may converge more rapidly when remote from the ...
R. Fletcher, 2013
6
The Tragic Fate of the U.S.S. Indianapolis: The U.S. Navy's ...
end of evening twilight, that is, good dark, that we were to cease zigzagging. As I recall it, to the best of my recollection, we had ceased zigzagging during my watch. When I turned the deck over to my relief we were steady on course.” Under ...
Raymond B. Lech, 2000
7
Optimizing Reservoir Resources: Including a New Model for ...
The zigzagging and anti-zigzagging processes are illustrated in Figure 3-4. Note that the step size is forced to decline as iterations continue. The rate of step size reduction can be controlled by adjustment of the denominator utilized in the ...
Charles ReVelle, 1999
8
United States Submarine Operations in World War II.
Near the terminal points of the voyage such ships would be met by local antisubmarine patrols, but for the open-sea portion of the journey, they relied upon strategic routing and zigzagging. Japanese zigzag plans were commonplace.
Theodore Roscoe, Richard G. Voge, 1949
9
Software Design for Six Sigma: A Roadmap for Excellence
c13 JWBS034-El-Haik July 22, 2010 17:15 Printer Name: Yet to Come 338 AXIOMATIC DESIGN IN SOFTWARE DESIGN FOR SIX SIGMA (DFSS) . FRs . . What . . . How mapping . . . What . . . How Zigzagging Process DPs Level 1 Level 1.1 .
Basem S. El-Haik, Adnan Shaout, 2011
10
Left for Dead
“With our modern submarines,” Donaho replied, “fire-control equipment, high- speed torpedoes, a well-trained fire-control party, and with torpedo spreads, I didn't find that zigzagging affected the results.” “As commanding officer of a modern ...
Peter Nelson, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ZIGZAGGING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term zigzagging is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tour de France 2015, Alpe d'Huez: It has 21 hairpins zigzagging like …
On Alpe d'Huez, more than anywhere else in cycle sport, the spectators are part of the action, a fact I became more fully aware of when I first covered a stage that ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
2
From King Bibi to the zigzagging prince
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of 2015 is no longer King Bibi, as he used to be portrayed in the global press. Instead, he is the prince of zigzagging. «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»
3
Good Eye: Calcutta House
Architects Arlene and Don Matzkin etched the facade with limestone rays emerging from zigzagging lines that suggest ocean waves. (Ben Mikesell/Staff ... «Philly.com, Jun 15»
4
Liberman on the Attack: Netanyahu is the Master of Zigzagging
"Therefore, Netanyahu is not Right or Left, but a zigzag master, the world champion of zigzagging," Liberman fired. "Yisrael Beytenu has no problem with Likud, ... «Arutz Sheva, Jun 15»
5
Letter of the day: Zigzagging Holness is confused and confusing
Andrew Holness, the leader of the Opposition, is on a path to self-destruction if he's not replaced or once and for all, stand up and matter. It would have been OK, ... «Jamaica Gleaner, May 15»
6
Unsuspecting Driver Has to Look Twice When He Sees Real-Life …
The runaway emu was filmed by Iliya Zelser — a 27-year-old video artist who spotted the animal zigzagging in and out of traffic on a rainy road in Israel. «IJ Review, Jan 15»
7
[Update] Uber Driver Takes Woman On Nightmare $293 Zigzagging
It appears the driver went to the Lincoln Tunnel, then back to the East Side, zigzagging across while doing so. "I remember dozing off and waking up and him just ... «Gothamist, Dec 14»
8
batlab shapes hungarian bedroom loft with zigzagging light ribbon
the zigzagging, red-orange geometry beaks up the monochromatic whiteness of the living room and compliments the personal style of the residents. «Designboom, Dec 14»
9
Conor Oberst performs 'Artifact #1' and 'Zigzagging Toward the Light …
If an interview with Q is anything to go by, 'Zigzagging Toward the Light' is a love song, and Artifact #1 is about "riding that gondola with Farmer Dave in Telluride ... «The 405, Nov 14»
10
"Zigzagging Toward The Light"
... also served as his backing players. Here, they perform "Zigzagging Toward The Light," from Upside Down Mountain. SET LIST. "Zigzagging Toward The Light". «NPR, Oct 14»

REFERENCE
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