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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
dieting en · NOUN
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(countable, uncountable) The practice of following a diet.
[…] they think that diet cures chronic diseases, placed under the homoeopathic physician's care, though, under their care, with all their dietings, these very diseases were so intractable.
1850, John Epps, Homoeopathy and Its Principles Explained, page 133:They found out that dieting can harm you if you do it wrong. She advised them to talk with a doctor before doing anything too extreme.
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Deriveds
undieting · antidieting · nondieting · yo-yo dieting
dieting en · VERB
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of diet