Redding
name, verb
name, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of redd form-of, gerund, participle, present
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Shasta County, California.
"Weʼre in Redding – a little west of Redding in a park, really. Redding is a sizable city."
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
""We know energy demand in Fairfield County is growing, whether it's 1.25 percent, 2 percent or 3 percent," said Joe Dolan, a Redding resident and president of Communities for Responsible Energy, an umbrella organization comprising representatives from four of the towns challenging C. L. and P.'s plan."
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; A township in Jackson County, Indiana.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Ringgold County, Iowa.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; A township in Clare County, Michigan.
- 8 A village in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9278).
- 9 Misspelling of Reading. alt-of, misspelling
Example
More examples"Weʼre in Redding – a little west of Redding in a park, really. Redding is a sizable city."
Etymology
Heterographic variant of Reading.
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