sliding
Americanadjective
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rising or falling, increasing or decreasing, according to a standard or to a set of conditions.
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operated, adjusted, or moved by sliding.
a sliding door.
adjective
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rising or falling in accordance with given specifications
fees were charged as a sliding percentage of income
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regulated or moved by sliding
Other Word Forms
- slidingly adverb
- slidingness noun
- unsliding adjective
Etymology
Origin of sliding
before 900; Middle English; Old English slīdende. See slide, -ing 2
Example Sentences
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Gold prices were sliding on Monday as an escalating Iran conflict drove fears of sticky inflation, and investors again took shelter in the dollar.
From MarketWatch
He has introduced HR 7378, which proposes splitting the difference by permanently sliding the clock forward a half hour and stopping the twice-annual time change.
From Los Angeles Times
A weak jobs report and the war in Iran sent stocks sliding Friday, a queasy-making move for retirees living off their portfolios.
From Barron's
I raised my hands, the fish sliding out of my skirt and onto the floor.
From Literature
In my second year at Blackburn we were top or second, it was slipping and sliding backwards and forwards.
From BBC
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