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

He did, however, reveal that he approached the “celebrated actor” — who we now know is Domingo — by sliding into his DMs.

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There’s a moment in the film where a policeman knocks on Susan’s sliding glass door.

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The unsettling data comes as Australia battles a slump in productivity and falling living standards, with the Labor government now busily examining reform options to tune up the economy and reverse its sliding fortunes.

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A lavender-walled dining room has an impressive sliding glass door with a stately metal tree motif.

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But Harriet Dyer strolls through the sliding doors like she’s walking into another shift at work as the soothing automated voice directs harried visitors trying to get their driver’s licenses or transfer car titles.

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