(transitive) To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement.
Used in a Sentence
endorsing
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for endorsing.
Editorial note
The idea is to not confuse supporting a person's free speech with endorsing his views.
Examples12
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(transitive) To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of endorsing gathered in one view.
(transitive, UK, law) To add penalty points to one's driving licence as a result of a road traffic offence.
(medicine, transitive) To report (a symptom); to describe.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for endorsing.
verb
(transitive) To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement.
verb
(transitive, UK, law) To add penalty points to one's driving licence as a result of a road traffic offence.
verb
(medicine, transitive) To report (a symptom); to describe.
verb
(transitive) To write one's signature on the back of a cheque, or other negotiable instrument, when transferring it to a third party, or cashing it.
Example sentences
The idea is to not confuse supporting a person's free speech with endorsing his views.
Mentioning a thing is not equivalent to endorsing it, this is like burning history books because they also depict the Confederate flag.
Someone who wants to promote freedom and still get a decent distro with a reasonable size user base isn't going to be satisfied with what the FSF is endorsing.
Ebert endorsing Avatar is a real surprise, he is quite anti-3d, this must be executed real well.
Seriously, if you're ignoring one side being horrible but not the other, that's endorsing harassment and threats.
There have also been recent articles about the pope endorsing the idea of climate change.
Again I'm not endorsing Disney's copyright practices here but let's keep the discussion grounded in fact, shall we?
I'm not endorsing Disney's general copyright policy, just correcting a possible misunderstanding about a specific claim.
If a site could be certain to show only ads that do not track me, that the site operators actually are comfortable endorsing (i.e.
I should probably have made it clearer though that I was just presenting the quote from Tractatus, not necessarily endorsing it.
Please understand that I'm perfectly happy if a few get taken down where they appear that some governmental branch was endorsing it.
By endorsing it, I'm not saying that I hate some group of people (because the essay doesn't really condemn anyone specifically, besides progressives).
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use endorsing in a sentence?
The idea is to not confuse supporting a person's free speech with endorsing his views.
What does endorsing mean?
(transitive) To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement.
What part of speech is endorsing?
endorsing is commonly used as verb.