What part of speech is earning?

Earning can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. earning is a verb, gerund of earn (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does earning mean?

Definitions

Verb

earn - acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
earn - earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"

Noun

earning - That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; -- used commonly in the plural.

Examples of earning

#   Sentence  
1. verb Apart from earning money, I have no interest in real estate.
2. verb I will have to wait till I finish schooling and start earning money.
3. verb Earning our customers confidence and respect is this firm's objective.
4. verb Being an orphan, my father had to start earning money at ten.
5. verb Today you can't be content with just earning a living.
6. verb I went there for the express purpose of earning money.
7. verb The two felt the pressing necessity of earning a livelihood.
8. verb He wasn't earning a large salary when he retired.
9. verb He is earning twice my salary.
10. verb The government was earning more money than it needed.
11. verb I remember the year when he began working and earning money.
12. verb Assets have earning power or some other value to their owner.
13. verb I needed to justify why I was earning such a large salary.
14. verb I had thought of buying a used car, but since I'm earning a decent amount of money now, I decided to splurge and buy a new one.
15. verb I do not object to your learning English for the sake of acquiring knowledge or for the sake of earning your livelihood but I object to your giving so much importance to English and giving a low place to your national language, Hindi. I do not think it is right on your part to use in your conversation with your friends and relatives any other language than your national language or your mother tongue. Have love for your own language.
Sentence  
verb
Apart from earning money, I have no interest in real estate.
I will have to wait till I finish schooling and start earning money.
Earning our customers confidence and respect is this firm's objective.
Being an orphan, my father had to start earning money at ten.
Today you can't be content with just earning a living.
I went there for the express purpose of earning money.
The two felt the pressing necessity of earning a livelihood.
He wasn't earning a large salary when he retired.
He is earning twice my salary.
The government was earning more money than it needed.
I remember the year when he began working and earning money.
Assets have earning power or some other value to their owner.
I needed to justify why I was earning such a large salary.
I had thought of buying a used car, but since I'm earning a decent amount of money now, I decided to splurge and buy a new one.
I do not object to your learning English for the sake of acquiring knowledge or for the sake of earning your livelihood but I object to your giving so much importance to English and giving a low place to your national language, Hindi. I do not think it is right on your part to use in your conversation with your friends and relatives any other language than your national language or your mother tongue. Have love for your own language.

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