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carrying en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio Mmmm
  • /ˈkɛɹi.ɪŋ/ Mary–marry–merry merger
  • /ˈkaɹi.ɪŋɡ/ (Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
  • /ˈkæɹi.ɪŋ/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈkaɹɪj.ɪŋ/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈkæɹi.ɪŋ/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
  • /ˈkaɾe.ɪŋ/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈkɛɹi.əŋ/ (New-Zealand)

Meanings

  1. Transportation.
    • carryings away of goods
    • More depressing was an 11 per cent drop of over £2.8 million in receipts from merchandise and livestock carryings, compared with the first 12 weeks of 1958, when the results were themselves poor in relation to previous achievements. 1959 May, “Talking of Trains: 1959 begins badly”, in Trains Illustrated, page 234:

Forms

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carryings Number=Plur lexicographic

carrying en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio Mmmm
  • /ˈkɛɹi.ɪŋ/ Mary–marry–merry merger
  • /ˈkaɹi.ɪŋɡ/ (Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
  • /ˈkæɹi.ɪŋ/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈkaɹɪj.ɪŋ/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈkæɹi.ɪŋ/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
  • /ˈkaɾe.ɪŋ/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈkɛɹi.əŋ/ (New-Zealand)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of carry
    form of carry