hunting

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US /ˈhʌntɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Freq #2303

Meanings

1

noun
The activity of chasing and killing wild animals for food or sport.

Hunting is banned in many parts of the country.
2

noun
The act of searching carefully for something.

After weeks of job hunting, she finally got an interview.

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1 noun · the activity of chasing and... hunt

Word family

Derived forms antihuntingasteroid-huntingbowhuntingcoolhuntingghosthuntinghouse-huntinghunting-crophunting-hornhuntingtownjack-huntingjob-huntingmanhunting

Related forms cynegetic

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Phrases (1)

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hunting expedition
an organized journey undertaken to hunt animals

Noun + noun

Proverbs (1)

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Go hunting where the ducks are

Etymology

From Middle English huntynge, alteration of earlier Middle English huntinde, huntende, huntand, present participle of hunten (“to hunt”), equivalent to hunt + -ing.

huntynge Middle English huntinde Middle English

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# hunting

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈhʌntɪŋ/
**Frequency rank:** 2303

## Meanings
1. The activity of chasing and killing wild animals for food or sport.
2. The act of searching carefully for something.

## Examples
- Hunting is banned in many parts of the country.
- After weeks of job hunting, she finally got an interview.

## Derived Forms
- antihunting
- asteroid-hunting
- bowhunting
- coolhunting
- ghosthunting
- house-hunting
- hunting-crop
- hunting-horn
- huntingtown
- jack-hunting
- job-hunting
- manhunting

## Related Forms
- cynegetic

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: huntynge
- Root: huntinde

## Etymology
From Middle English huntynge, alteration of earlier Middle English huntinde, huntende, huntand, present participle of hunten (“to hunt”), equivalent to hunt + -ing.

## AI Etymology
Hunting comes from Middle English huntynge, alteration of earlier Middle English huntinde, huntende, huntand, present participle of hunten (“to hunt”), equivalent to hunt + -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 activity of chasing and killing wild animals for food or sport” and “The act of searching carefully for something”.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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