fishing
noun
Simple meaning
The occupation of catching fish for a living.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈfɪʃɪŋ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
uncountableinformal
The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.
The occupation of catching fish for a living
countable
A fishery, a place for catching fish.
uncountable
Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.
Used this way, fishing is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in everyday conversation and social media or informal writing contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Casual
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Playful
- Usage feel
- Casual and conversational
Where it naturally appears
- Everyday conversation
- Social media/informal writing
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use fishing
- “We went fishing in the lake, but we did not catch anything.”noun
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