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Definition: DISINTEGRATING |
DISINTEGRATINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Disintegrate |
Date "DISINTEGRATING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Crosswords: DISINTEGRATING |
| English words defined with "DISINTEGRATING": atomic number 91 ♦ protactinium, protoactinium ♦ saprolite. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "DISINTEGRATING": bottom stone ♦ candle ice, candled ice ♦ disintegrating machine ♦ Lehmann process ♦ needle ice ♦ rate of decay, refractory clay, refractory stone ♦ WINERY WORKER. (references) |
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 | The phagosome membrane is disintegrating. To the far left is a rickettsia free within the host cell cytoplasm. Between the rickettsias is a mitochondrion. Transmission electron micrograph. Credit: CDC. |  | On the basis of a people's war, and on the basis of the principle of unity between the army and the people, between commanders and fighters, and of the principle of disintegrating the enemy troops, the People's Liberation Army has established strong and e. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Communist Manifesto | 1848 | They desire the existing state of society minus its revolutionary and disintegrating elements. (reference) |
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Economic History | Kenya | Despite aggressive marketing by the government and other bodies like KTB, crime, disintegrating infrastructure, and growing competition from neighboring countries act as a drag on this potentially lucrative industry. (references) |
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| "DISINTEGRATING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 76.62% of the time. "DISINTEGRATING" is used about 77 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 76.62% | 59 | 44,010 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 23.38% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Total | 100.00% | 77 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "DISINTEGRATING": disintegrating machine. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "DISINTEGRATING": now-disintegrating, rapidly-disintegrating. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DISINTEGRATING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "解 (Disintegrate, Disintegrated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | apparat til soenderdeling (crumbling machine, disintegrating machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | machine voor het verbrokkelen van droesemkoeken (crumbling machine, disintegrating machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dissolvant (dissolvent), désagrégeant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zersetzend (poisonous, subversive), auflösend (disbanding, dissolving, resolving). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συσκευή θρυμματισμού (crumbling machine, disintegrating machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sgretolatore (crumbling machine, disintegrating machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isintegratingday esmigalhador (crumbling machine, disintegrating machine). (various references) распадаться распад. (various references) desmunecadora (crumbling machine, disintegrating machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "DISINTEGRATING": photodisintegrating. (additional references) | |
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"DISINTEGRATING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: disintergrating. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "DISINTEGRATING" (pronounced di'si"ntugrā'ting) |
| 10 | -i" n t u g r ā' t i ng | integrating. |
| 7 | -u g r ā' t i ng | emigrating. |
| 6 | -g r ā' t i ng | denigrating, migrating. |
| 5 | -r ā' t i ng | administrating, arbitrating, castrating, celebrating, concentrating, demonstrating, frustrating, gyrating, illustrating, infiltrating, nitrating, orchestrating, penetrating, perpetrating. |
| 4 | -ā' t i ng | abbreviating, abdicating, abrogating, accelerating, accentuating, accommodating, accumulating, activating, adjudicating, advocating, affiliating, aggravating, agitating, alienating, alleviating, allocating, alternating, anticipating, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, articulating, assassinating, assimilating, associating, authenticating, automating, calculating, captivating, castigating, chlorinating, circulating, coagulating, collaborating, commemorating, communicating, compensating, complicating, confiscating, congratulating, consolidating, consummating, contaminating, contemplating, cooperating, coordinating, corroborating, culminating, cultivating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, degenerating, delegating, deliberating, delineating, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, designating, deteriorating, detonating, devastating, dictating, differentiating, discriminating, disseminating, dissipating, domesticating, dominating, donating, duplicating, educating, elaborating, electroplating, elevating, eliminating, emanating, emulating, encapsulating, enunciating, equivocating, eradicating, escalating, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, exacerbating, exaggerating, exasperating, excavating, excoriating, excruciating, exhilarating, exonerating, extenuating, exterminating, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fascinating, fluctuating, formulating, generating, graduating, gravitating, hesitating, humiliating, hydrogenating, illuminating, imitating, impersonating, implicating, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, infatuating, infuriating, ingratiating, initiating, instigating, insulating, interrogating, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, investigating, invigorating, irritating, isolating, laminating, legislating, levitating, liberating, liquidating, litigating, locating, lubricating, mandating, manipulating, masturbating, mediating, meditating, misappropriating, mitigating, moderating, motivating, mutilating, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negotiating, nominating, nonoperating, obliterating, obviating, officiating, operating, originating, oscillating, overestimating, overstating, participating, percolating, permeating, perpetuating, placating, pontificating, populating, precipitating, predominating, procrastinating, prognosticating, proliferating, promulgating, propagating, pulsating, radiating, reactivating, reallocating, recalculating, reciprocating, recreating, recuperating, redecorating, reevaluating, regenerating, regulating, rehabilitating, reincorporating, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejuvenating, relegating, renegotiating, renovating, repatriating, replicating, repudiating, resonating, resuscitating, retaliating, reverberating, rotating, salivating, saturating, segregating, separating, simulating, speculating, stagnating, stimulating, stipulating, subordinating, suffocating, syndicating, tabulating, terminating, titillating, tolerating, underestimating, understating, undulating, urinating, vacillating, validating, ventilating. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abutting, accenting, accepting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, acquitting, acting, adapting, addicting, adjusting, admitting, adopting, affecting, afflicting, airlifting, alerting, allotting, amounting, annotating, appointing, arresting, assaulting, asserting, assisting, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, carpeting, carting, casting, catapulting, cavorting, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commenting, committing, commuting, competing, complementing, completing, complimenting, composting, computing, concocting, conducting, conflicting, confronting, connecting, consenting, consisting, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, contacting, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, decanting, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, deleting, delighting, delisting, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deserting, destructing, detecting, detracting, devoting, dieting, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, disgusting, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, dissenting, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, dusting, eating, editing, effecting, elating, electing, eliciting, emitting, enacting, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, equating, erecting, erupting, escorting, everlasting, evicting, exacting, exalting, excepting, exciting, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhorting, existing, exiting, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extorting, extracting, extraditing, fainting, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, grafting, granting, grating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, hunting, hurting, igniting, impacting, imparting, implanting, implementing, importing, imprinting, inciting, indicting, infecting, infighting, inflating, inflicting, ingesting, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instituting, instructing, insulting, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrupting, intersecting, inventing, investing, inviting, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, lasting, letting, lifting, lighting, limiting, listing, looting, lusting, malting, manifesting, marketing, marting, mating, matting, meeting, melting, minting, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, mounting, mutating, muting, negating, neglecting, nesting, netting, nonbiting, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obstructing, offsetting, omitting, opting, orbiting, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, perfecting, permitting, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, porting, posting, pouting, predicting, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, profiting, prohibiting, projecting, promoting, prompting, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, readjusting, reasserting, rebutting, recanting, recasting, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recruiting, redacting, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regretting, reigniting, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, rejecting, relating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renting, repainting, repeating, replanting, reporting, representing, reprinting, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotting, rusting, salting, saluting, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, selecting, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, starting, stating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, toasting, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underreporting, underwriting, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, vacating, vaulting, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-g-g-i-i-i-n-n-r-s-t-t" | |
-3 letters: denigrating, designating, dignitaries, distraining, instigating, integrating, itinerating, reinstating, straitening. | |
-4 letters: astringent, astringing, deraigning, destaining, detraining, dietitians, distaining, estranging, instigated, integrands, intreating, intrigants, itinerants, reigniting, resinating, tendinitis, tetanising, transiting. | |
-5 letters: agentings, arginines, aridities, astringed, attending, daintiest, dangering, deranging, deratting, designing, destining, detaining, dietitian, digesting, dignities, dirigiste, disrating, distraint, distraite, dittanies, draggiest, engirding, gandering, gannister. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-g-g-i-i-i-n-n-r-s-t-t" | |
+5 letters: photodisintegrating. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 49 53 49 4E 54 45 47 52 41 54 49 4E 47 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... .. -. - . --. .-. .- - .. -. --. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01001001 01010011 01001001 01001110 01010100 01000101 01000111 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D I S I N T E G R A T I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0049 0053 0049 004E 0054 0045 0047 0052 0041 0054 0049 004E 0047 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3843534348543941523554434841 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, cinese, chinês, китайский, китаец, chino |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, датский, danés |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, голландский, holandés |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, francês, французский, francés |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, alemán |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, grego, греческий, грек, griego |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, português, португальский, portugués |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, russer, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, russo, русский, ruso |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, английский, inglés |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Historic 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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