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FINGERING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Touching something with the fingers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("fingering" is a kind of...):

touch; touching (the act of putting two things together with no space between them)

Derivation:

finger (examine by touch)

finger (feel or handle with the fingers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("fingering" is a kind of...):

emplacement; locating; location; placement; position; positioning (the act of putting something in a certain place)

Holonyms ("fingering" is a part of...):

musical performance (the act of performing music)

Derivation:

finger (indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb finger

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