airing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛəɹɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ
• Homophone: erring (US pronunciation)

Verb

airing

1. present participle and gerund of air

Noun

airing (countable and uncountable, plural airings)

1. (countable) An exposure to warm or fresh air.
2. (countable) The broadcast of a television or radio show.
   • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 21:

     Seldom was he seen, and almost never were his recordings given mass airings.

3. (countable) A public expression of an opinion or discussion of a subject.
   • 1962 February, “Talking of Trains: The "Midland Pullman"”, in Modern Railways, page 77:

     One controversy which has not had an airing in discussion of the new Transport Bill is that centring on the status of the Pullman Car Co.

Derived terms

• airing cupboard

Translations

exposure to warm or fresh air

• Catalan: aireig (ca) m
• Norwegian: luftetur m
• Persian: گردش (fa)
• Portuguese: arejamento m
• Romanian: aerisire (ro) f, ventilare (ro) f

public expression of an opinion

References

• “airing”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Ingria, nigari