handling

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something
  2. noun the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means
  3. noun the management of someone or something

Etymology

From Middle English handlinge, hondlunge, from Old English handlung (“handling”), equivalent to handle + -ing. Cognate with Dutch handeling (“trade, operation, action”), German Handlung (“act, action”), Swedish handling (“act, deed, action”).

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