arming

Other forms of arming

plural

armings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about arming

What does arming mean?

arming means "the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war".

How many syllables are in arming?

arming has 2 syllables: ar-ming. The stress falls on "ar". In IPA it is /ˈɑɹmɪŋ/.

What is another word for arming?

Close synonyms include armament, equipping. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of arming?

The recorded antonyms are disarming.

Is arming a common word?

arming is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.