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plead·ing

pleading

 
pronunciation:
pli dIng
features:
Word Combinations (noun)
part of speech: noun
definition 1: the act of making a plea.
definition 2: in law, the discussion or defense of an argument in court.
definition 3: (pl.) a pretrial proceeding in which claims made by the plaintiff and the answers by the defendant are resolved into an issue for trial.
Word Combinations  About this feature
adjective + (n.)pleading angry, clear, constant, desperate, eloquent, endless, international, legal, public, short, special, written
verb + (n.)pleading allege, answer, base, claim, comment, contend, decide, deny, file, hear, ignore, maintain, plead, raise, review, sign, state, stop, suspect
noun + (n.)pleading Help access, affidavit, allegation, campaign, case, charge, correspondence, court, cry, daughter, defendant, deposition, discovery, employee, evaluation, evidence, excuse, eye, face, form, judgment, motion, name, official, piece, position, prayer, protestation, retaliation, scream, song, summary, threat, tone, trial, voice, warning, wife [See all][See only the most frequent]