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parking

parking

100 1.0
Leaving a car or vehicle in one place for a time
  • noun
  • /ˈpɑrkɪŋ/
translation icon : aparcamiento (España)
  • After our shopping trip, we had trouble finding parking near the mall.
  • a parking ticket

That was stressful parking though, I'm not gonna lie.

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Examples

  • Just found parking.

  • In the Quarter, you spent half your time figuring out parking strategies.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • There is a parking problem in this city.

  • Look, if this is about those parking tickets, I can explain everything, okay?

  • Look, we got a parking ticket.

  • Parking in this area is limited to three minutes.

  • When I got to the car, I found a Swiss policeman writing out a parking ticket.

    Academic text (1996)
  • For example, a traffic warden's role is to identify dangerous and illegal parking and to issue parking tickets where appropriate.

    Academic text (2014)
  • As they walked through the parking lot, Molly was feeling the old desperation that accompanied dead ends.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • They do not require parallel parking or curb parking as part of the driving test.

Compounds

497 1.0

An area or building where people leave cars for a short time

78 1.0

A marked place for one car in a lot, garage, or on a street

A paper telling you to pay a fine for parking where it is not allowed

37 1.0

A marked place to leave a car for a short time

12 2.3

A machine by a parking space that takes coins or cards to let you park for a short time

9 1.0

A place where people leave cars or other vehicles

8 3.5

A service at hotels or restaurants where a person parks and brings back your car for you

A lever or pedal that keeps a car from moving when you leave it

parking lot
  • Jargon
3 4.4

A place in a meeting where people put ideas to discuss later

An area where drivers must not leave their cars

2 1.5

An area for leaving cars or other vehicles

A metal frame where people lock and leave bicycles

A metal frame where people lock and leave bicycles

parking crater
  • Informal
8.1

A large hole in a parking area that can damage tires

How Convenient

valet parking
  • US
8 3.5
parking
100 1.0

Surface Forms

parking singular
parkings plural

Morphology

parking = park (transparent) = park + ing

Direct deverbal nominalization (verb 'park' + '-ing') denoting the action; learners who know 'park' will readily infer this sense.

Etymology

The word parking (the action) comes from the verb park, which once meant 'to put into a park' or a safe, enclosed spot. That's why parking means placing a vehicle where you can leave it for a time.