eng
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] /klɪŋ/ and clink [klingk]. /klɪŋk/.
Origin of eng
1- Compare agma (def. 1).
Other definitions for ENG (2 of 4)
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.
Other definitions for eng. (3 of 4)
engine.
engineer.
engineering.
engraved.
engraver.
engraving.
Other definitions for Eng. (4 of 4)
England.
English.
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How to use eng in a sentence
The library held all the eng-lit classics, and quite a few surprises like Gertrude Stein.
Only Six Books: Excerpt From Jeanette Winterson’s New Memoir | Jeanette Winterson | March 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is a technical term, used in various senses, for which see the New eng.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerThe word is here used in the former sense; and the remark in Morley's eng.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerNe 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.
Tea Leaves | Various
We have told the eng-lish to move off, and they have heard us, and now we tell it to you.
The Life of George Washington | Josephine Pollard
British Dictionary definitions for eng (1 of 4)
/ (ɛŋ) /
phonetics another name for agma
British Dictionary definitions for ENG (2 of 4)
electronic news gathering: TV news obtained at the point of action by means of modern video equipment
British Dictionary definitions for eng. (3 of 4)
engineer
engineering
British Dictionary definitions for Eng. (4 of 4)
England
English
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