sparing

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛəɹɪŋ/

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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

sparing

1. present participle and gerund of spare

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; […]

• gnisrap, parings, parsing, rapings, rasping

Borrowed from English sparring.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsparɪŋk]

sparing m inan

1. (sports) sparring (practice match)

• “sparing”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “sparing”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

From sparen +‎ -ing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspaː.rɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -aːrɪŋ

sparing f (plural sparingen, diminutive sparinkje n)

1. (construction) wall opening for cables and pipes

• → Indonesian: sparing

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

From English sparring.

sparing

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

   Synonym: berlatih

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch sparing.

sparing (plural sparing-sparing)

1. (construction) wall opening for cables and pipes

   Sistem pemasangan sparing listrik biasanya sebelum pengecoran.

   The wall opening for electricity installation system is usually before casting.

• “sparing”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from English sparring.

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

sparing m inan

1. (sports) sparring (practice match)

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