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[ eng ]

noun

  1. the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] and clink [klingk].


ENG

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Television.
  1. electronic news gathering: a system of news reporting that uses portable television cameras to videotape pictures and sound, especially when combined with the transmission of the signal to a television station for immediate broadcast.

eng.

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abbreviation for

  1. engine.
  2. engineer.
  3. engineering.
  4. engraved.
  5. engraver.
  6. engraving.

Eng.

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abbreviation for

  1. England.
  2. English.

eng.

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abbreviation for

  1. engineer
  2. engineering
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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/ ɛŋ /

noun

  1. phonetics another name for agma
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Eng.

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abbreviation for

  1. England
  2. English
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ENG

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abbreviation for

  1. electronic news gathering: TV news obtained at the point of action by means of modern video equipment
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of eng1

First recorded in 1955–60; by analogy with the names of m and n; agma ( def )
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Example Sentences

The library held all the Eng-lit classics, and quite a few surprises like Gertrude Stein.

This is a technical term, used in various senses, for which see the New Eng.

The word is here used in the former sense; and the remark in Morley's Eng.

Ne beo &c.: nec aliud faciatis in die dominico nisi sacerdotibus meis seruiatis, An Eng.

In the following spring he was in London, and subsequently resided in Bristol, Eng., where he died.

We have told the Eng-lish to move off, and they have heard us, and now we tell it to you.

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