ATTESTING

  

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ATTESTING

Definition: ATTESTING

ATTESTING

Personal pronoun & verb & noun

1. Of Attest

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "ATTESTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1748. (references)


Crosswords: ATTESTING

English words defined with "ATTESTING": attested, attested to, Attestivecertificate, certification, credential, credentialsHall-mark. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ATTESTING": authentic documentCertificate Authorityformal willInspection CertificateLicensesOlympianriotto witness, turkey. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: ATTESTING

SubjectTopicQuote

Human Rights

Ukraine

To protect the defendant, each investigative file must contain a document signed by the defendant attesting that the charges against him, his right to an attorney, and his right not to give evidence against himself or his relatives have been explained to him. (references)

Trade

Bulgaria

The Agency issues approvals attesting to electrical safety and functional characteristics. (references)

Nigeria

Upon presentation of a customs certificate attesting to the landing of goods in another country, duties paid on such goods in Nigeria will be refunded. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

TURKEY, n. A large bird whose flesh when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude. Incidentally, it is pretty good eating.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: ATTESTING

"ATTESTING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ATTESTING" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)100%1882,615

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ATTESTING

Language Translations for "ATTESTING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

证实 (Attest, Attested, Authenticate, authenticated, Authenticating, Confirm, confirmed, Confirming, substantiate, substantiated, substantiating, substantiation). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

werkende getuige (attesting witness, instrumentary witness, witness to a deed), bewijsgetuige (attesting witness, subscribing witness), bevestigend getuige (attesting witness, subscribing witness). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

oikeaperäisyyden vahvistava todistaja (attesting witness, subscribing witness). (various references)

   

French

  

témoin instrumentaire (attesting witness), témoin certificateur (attesting witness). (various references)

   

German

  

beglaubigend (accrediting, authenticating, notarizing). (various references)

   

Italian

  

testimone attestante (attesting witness, subscribing witness). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

증명 (Certifying). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

attestingay

   

Portuguese

  

testemunha atestatória (attesting witness, subscribing witness). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

dearbhadh (confirming). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vittnes utsaga om annan persons identitet (attesting witness, subscribing witness). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: ATTESTING

Derivations

Words ending with "ATTESTING": coattesting. (additional references)


Misspellings

"ATTESTING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: antitesting, attemting, attepting, Batastini, Battestin, cathecting. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "ATTESTING"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "ATTESTING" (pronounced ute"sting)
7u t e" s t i ngprotesting.
6-t e" s t i ngcontesting, retesting, testing.
5-e" s t i ngarresting, besting, breasting, cresting, digesting, divesting, ingesting, investing, molesting, nesting, reinvesting, requesting, resting, suggesting, vesting, wresting.
4-s t i ngaccosting, adjusting, assisting, blacklisting, blasting, boasting, boosting, broadcasting, bursting, busting, casting, coasting, coexisting, composting, consisting, contrasting, costing, defrosting, delisting, disgusting, dusting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, everlasting, exhausting, existing, fasting, feasting, forecasting, frosting, gusting, harvesting, Hasting, hoisting, hosting, insisting, interesting, jousting, lambasting, lasting, listing, lusting, manifesting, ousting, pasting, persisting, posting, preexisting, readjusting, recasting, resisting, roasting, rusting, tasting, thrusting, toasting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, uninteresting, wasting.
3-t i ngabating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, associating, attempting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, betting, biting, bitting, blanketing, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boating, bolting, booting, boycotting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coating, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contracting, contradicting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, faulting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, homeporting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lamenting, laminating, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, malting, mandating, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, rerouting, resenting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, thermosetting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, writing, yachting.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: ATTESTING

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: gnattiest.

Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-n-s-t-t-t"

-1 letter: estating, nattiest, stetting, tangiest, tattings.

-2 letters: easting, eatings, etatist, ingates, ingesta, instate, satinet, seating, setting, stating, tasting, tatties, tatting, teasing, testing.

-3 letters: ageist, agents, attent, attest, easing, eating, gainst, giants, ingate, ingest, sating, signet, sitten, taints, tanist, tattie, tenias, tineas, tinges, tisane, titans.

-4 letters: aegis, agent, agist, angst, anise, antes, antis, entia, etnas, gains.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-n-s-t-t-t"
 

+2 letters: coattesting.

 

+4 letters: magnetostatic, thermostating.

 

+5 letters: counterstating, ghettoizations, integrationist, interdigitates, retransmitting, thermostatting, watertightness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Usage Frequency
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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