heating A2 Topic:Weather & Climate US /ˈhiːtɪŋ/ See IPA manual Freq #8379 Meanings 1 noun The system that warms a room or building. We're hoping to have the new heating installed before winter. 2 noun The act or process of making something warm or hot. The heating of the metal made it easier to bend. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the system that warms a... heating system 2 noun · the act or process of... warming Word family Forms heatings Derived forms house-heatingphotoheatingteleheating Common collocations radiant heating Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From heat + -ing. Topics Weather & Climate External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # heating **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈhiːtɪŋ/ **Frequency rank:** 8379 ## Meanings 1. The system that warms a room or building. 2. The act or process of making something warm or hot. ## Examples - We're hoping to have the new heating installed before winter. - The heating of the metal made it easier to bend. ## Derived Forms - house-heating - photoheating - teleheating ## Etymology From heat + -ing. ## AI Etymology Heating comes from heat + -ing. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “The system that warms a room or building” and “The act or process of making something warm or hot”. ## Topics - Weather & Climate markdown