begging

Sentences
An user
Half   the   proceeds   of   their   begging   is   given to   Brahmans .
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An user
The   Islanders   remained   around   Sydney
Sydney
  harbour ,  begging   for   transport   back
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  to   their   islands .
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Meaning

beg

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Synonyms

asking
A2
mendicancy
solicitation
28k
requesting
C1
soliciting
26k
imploring
request
B1
beggary
pleading
C2
entreating
entreaty
poverty
C1

begging alms

asking earnestly

beggar
C1
beseeching
bothersome
32k
desiring
39k
petitioning
48k
praying
B2
supplicating
supplication
wishing
C1
mendicity
Translations

mendicité
mendicidad

bedelarij

questua
accattoneria

schooierij

questuante
Betteln
sollicitation
bettelnd

mendicitat

bittend
accattonaggio
شحاذ

تكفف

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbɛɡɪŋ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
begging
Inherited from Middle English
beggin
In summary

From Middle English begging, beggyng, beggynge, equivalent to beg + -ing (gerund ending).

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