loading

Other forms of loading

plural

loadings·

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 loading

What does loading mean?

loading means "weight to be borne or conveyed". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in loading?

loading has 2 syllables: loa-ding. The stress falls on "loa". In IPA it is /ˈloʊdɪŋ/.

What is another word for loading?

Close synonyms include load, burden, load, cargo, lading. 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 loading?

The recorded antonyms are unloading.

Is loading a common word?

loading is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with loading?

1 word rhymes with loading. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.