sliding

[slahy-ding]

adjective

1. rising or falling, increasing or decreasing, according to a standard or to a set of conditions.

2. operated, adjusted, or moved by sliding.

   a sliding door.

sliding

/ ˈslaɪdɪŋ /

adjective

1. rising or falling in accordance with given specifications

   fees were charged as a sliding percentage of income

2. regulated or moved by sliding

Other Word Forms

• slidingly adverb
• slidingness noun
• unsliding adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sliding¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English slīdende. See slide, -ing ²

Example Sentences

Stock futures were sliding Monday as investors looked set to begin December in a risk-off mood.

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It has added more than $3 trillion in market value over the past two years and contributed directly to a growth boom that has kept the U.S. economy from sliding into recession.

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To better understand these deep events, the team examined seismic data from the Cascadia Subduction Zone in the Pacific Northwest, where the Juan de Fuca plate is sliding beneath the North American plate.

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Stock futures were sliding Friday on continued concerns about bloated artificial-intelligence valuations following the previous session’s stunning selloff.

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Stock futures were sliding Friday on continued concerns about bloated artificial-intelligence valuations following the previous session’s stunning selloff.

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