/ˈfiːlɪŋ/
Translation
Something you feel inside, such as being happy, sad, or afraid.
Word origin
From Old English felan, meaning to touch or to feel.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- felan
- English cognates
- feel
Grammar
Examples
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"A feeling that" often means an idea you cannot explain.
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"Feelings" are the things a person feels inside.
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"Feeling" can also mean what your body can feel.
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(1)Grammar articles
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Mixed conditionals in English: past causes with present results, and present causes with past results
Modal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Present continuous tense: form, spelling and uses
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Present perfect tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English: myself, yourself, each other, and when English does not bother
English tenses explained: all 12 with a master table
Used to, would and be used to: talking about past habits and states in English
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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