hastings

Other forms of hastings

plural

hastingses·

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 hastings

What does hastings mean?

hastings means "United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hastings?

hastings has 2 syllables: ha-stings. The stress falls on "ha". In IPA it is /ˈheɪstɪŋz/.

What is another word for hastings?

Close synonyms include Thomas Hastings, battle of Hastings. 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.

Is hastings a common word?

hastings is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.