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Definition: BUSYING |
BUSYINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Busy |
Date "BUSYING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1415. (references) |
| "BUSYING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BUSYING" is used about 32 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) | 100% | 32 | 61,292 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "BUSYING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | optagetmarkering. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bezetten (occupy, take). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | linjan varaus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | mise en état d'occupation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | beschäftigend (employing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | σε κατάσταση κατειλημμένου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | stato di occupato. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | usyingbay posta em estado de ocupação. (various references) puesta en estado de ocupación. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"BUSYING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bosvigo, busking. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-g-i-n-s-u-y" | |
-1 letter: busing, buying. | |
-2 letters: bungs, suing, using. | |
-3 letters: bigs, bins, bugs, bung, buns, busy, buys, gibs, gins, gnus, guns, guys, inby, nibs, nubs, sign, sing, snib, snub, snug, sung, yins. | |
-4 letters: big, bin, bis, bug, bun, bus, buy, bys, gib, gin, gnu, gun, guy, ins, nib, nub, nus, sib, sin, sub, sun, syn, uns, yin. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-g-i-n-s-u-y" | |
+2 letters: subwaying. | |
+3 letters: blushingly, bustlingly. | |
+4 letters: bodysurfing, stumblingly. | |
+5 letters: blusteringly, disturbingly, unblushingly, youngberries. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 55 53 59 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)01000010 01010101 01010011 01011001 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B U S Y I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0055 0053 0059 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)36555359434841 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, danés |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, holandés |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, francês, francés |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, alemão, alemán |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, grego, griego |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, português, portugués |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, espanhol, español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, inglés |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage Frequency 3. Translations: Modern 4. Derivations | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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