Used in a Sentence

charging

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for charging.

Editorial note

Leaving aside how insane and petty charging for solitaire makes them look, there's a caveat to 'the OS is free'.

Examples16
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(countable) An act or process of charging (as of a battery).

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of charging gathered in one view.

noun

(countable) An act or process of charging (as of a battery).

noun

(uncountable, basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for charging.

noun

(countable) An act or process of charging (as of a battery).

noun

(uncountable, basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.

Example sentences

1

Leaving aside how insane and petty charging for solitaire makes them look, there's a caveat to 'the OS is free'.

2

So car charging loads would be much less stressful than, say, growing population 10% and increasing peak demand.

3

What good is a new wireless charging technique that doesn't come built into my iPhone or Android phone?

4

If everything is to go electric, will there be charging stations every 15 feet along every sidewalk?

5

After a year goes by, is MS going to start charging to keep the OS updated?

6

In the not very distant future cars will drive themselves to a charging center and parking needs will be greatly reduced.

7

Aspiring capitalists deploy capital to convert existing housing stock into microunits while charging a premium.

8

I really like this idea of not charging for a service heavily based on other people's APIs.

9

Microsoft manages this by charging for frequent and expensive upgrades, plus OEM deals.

10

Here in UK the vast majority of people I know live in places where it would be impossible to take out a charging cable at night, so the only option is...charging at work?

11

This feature could end up charging those with data caps.

12

How much per mb is amazon currently charging for bandwidth?

Quote examples

1

To me, this goes far deeper than the surface of "charging for solitaire".

2

Whether the company absorbs the expense of providing that API as a cost of doing business or monetizes it by charging users doesn't seem like it's all reducible to "politics".

3

It's a technically simple concept and we had this (albeit false) feeling that "this should be easy to do." I mean think about it, a DJ charging people for song requests would essentially run into the same problems that we did.

4

That’s $0.15 / Wh so I don’t see why everyone is so excited about Tesla charging $0.43 / Wh for the Powerwall, sans inverter and installation." I'm not smart enough to take this apart, but my gut tells me the best-in-class engineers and (tens/hundreds of?) millions of dollars in R&D at Tesla aren't going to be outwitted by Mr.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use charging in a sentence?

Leaving aside how insane and petty charging for solitaire makes them look, there's a caveat to 'the OS is free'.

What does charging mean?

(countable) An act or process of charging (as of a battery).

What part of speech is charging?

charging is commonly used as noun.