seeding

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːdɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ

Verb

seeding

1. present participle and gerund of seed

Noun

seeding (plural seedings)

1. (sports, games) The arrangement of positions in a tournament.
   • 1979 July 2, “Reflection on the Seedings Fills Pause at Wimbledon”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 October 2025:

     Everybody likes to second‐guess computers, including who seed the pros. Nothing could have better exposed the vulnerability of the computer seeding than the spectacle of clay‐court experts looking like weekend hackers on grass.

Derived terms

• cloud seeding
• cloud-seeding
• hydroseeding
• macroseeding
• mast seeding
• microseeding
• multiseeding
• seeding plough
• vaginal seeding

Translations

Arrangement of positions in a tournament

• French: appariement (fr), départage (fr), (racing) grille de départ
• German: Auslosung (de), Platzierung, Startplatzvergabe
• Swedish: seedning c, utlottning (sv) c

Anagrams

• gendies, inedges, designe, e-signed, sdeigne