sparing

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English

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Adjective

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sparing (comparative more sparing, superlative most sparing)

  1. Prudent and restrained in the use of resources; careful, economical or frugal.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:frugal

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Verb

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sparing

  1. present participle and gerund of spare

Noun

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sparing (plural sparings)

  1. The act by which something or someone is spared.
    • 1830, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), The Manners of the Day, volume 2, page 322:
      The sparings of my frugality have, however, in a sufficient degree, augmented my originally scanty patrimony; []

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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English sparring.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sparing m inan

  1. (sports) sparring (practice match)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • sparing”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • sparing”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From English sparring.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈspa.rɪŋ]
  • Hyphenation: spa‧ring

Noun

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sparing

  1. (colloquial) to practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.
    Synonym: berlatih

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Borrowed from English sparring.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈspa.riŋk/
  • Rhymes: -ariŋk
  • Syllabification: spa‧ring

Noun

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sparing m inan

  1. (sports) sparring (practice match)

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjective
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noun

Further reading

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  • sparing in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sparing in Polish dictionaries at PWN