What does beholding mean?
Beholding means present participle and gerund of behold.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of behold.
I thank ye all. To you, my good lord mayor, And your good brethren, I am much beholding; I have received much honour by your presence, And ye shall find me thankful.
I was much bound and beholding to the right reverend father.
So much hath Oxford been beholding to her nephews, or sister's children.
a. 1847, Robert Traill, a sermon But this text and theme I am upon, relates to somewhat far higher and greater, than all the beholdings of his glory that ever any saint on earth received.
Use beholding when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Beholding means present participle and gerund of behold.
Common synonyms include seeing, visual perception.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I thank ye all. To you, my good lord mayor, And your good brethren, I am much beholding; I have received much honour by your presence, And ye shall find me thankful.
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