What does "listing" mean?
The action of the verb to list.
Listing
/ˈlɪstɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The action of the verb to list.
- Grammar: listing is listed as adj, noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: academic enumeration, advertise, advertisement, arrange by catalog.
- Useful contrasts: deletion, delist, erase.
- Usage evidence: The ship was listing fifteen degrees to port.
How to use "listing"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The action of the verb to list.
- 2 the act of making a list of items wordnet
- 3 An entry in a list or directory.
"Aardvaark Plumbing is the first listing in Yellow Pages."
- 4 a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) wordnet
- 5 An entry in a list or directory.; An entry on a register of securities accepted for trading and quotation on a securities exchange or similar system.
"The company may even lose its listing on the stock exchange."
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- 6 A printout of a program or data set.
"Print me a listing of the latest version."
- 7 A physical manifestation of a single item in a list.
"Please pass me the second listing for the two-story house, from that stack."
- 8 The act of ploughing with a lister.
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of list form-of, gerund, participle, present
"The ship is listing heavily to one side."
Adjective
- 1 As listed or shown on a listing. not-comparable
"What is this house's listing price?"
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"The ship was listing fifteen degrees to port."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "listing"?
Common synonyms include: academic enumeration, advertise, advertisement, arrange by catalog, aslant, aslope.
How do you use "listing" in a sentence?
The ship was listing fifteen degrees to port.
How do you pronounce "listing"?
Pronounced /ˈlɪstɪŋ/.