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Placating meaning

present participle and gerund of placate

Synonyms of Placating

appeasing placative placatory conciliatory conciliative

Related words

Other words often associated with Placating or its synonyms:

soft propitiatory antagonistic flexible uncompromising compromising yielding

Using Placating

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of placate
  • Useful related words include: appeasing, placative, placatory, conciliatory.
  • In the example corpus, placating often appears in combinations such as: by placating, placating his.

Context around Placating

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

merely 1× relatively 1× obsequiously 1×

Often after:

warring 1×

Sentence patterns with Placating

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

aimed at placating and protecting 1× charged with placating 30 fabulously 1× colonized by placating the neighboring 1× hopes of placating trump are 1× intervention by placating their neighbours 1× only obsequiously placating a man 1× placating her became 1× protestants than placating his ultramontane 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and he wasn 1× but you don 1× coming as it 1× even israel s 1× he possesses little 1× if they seem 1×

Common sentence endings:

and economic concessions 1× his ultramontane opposition 1× jews and israelis 1× large and small 1× of national fealty 1× on the table 1×

Words around Placating

Just before it in the word index:

placates 2 placated 20 placate 103 placards 203 placard 82 plac 3

Just after it in the word index:

place 49.037 placeable 2 placebo 213 placebos 12 placed 9.353 placeholder 50

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanand 16 abcd 16 abdurrahman 16 aberdour 16 abergele 16 abg 16

Corpus analysis for Placating

  • In this selection, "placating" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, merely, relatively, obsequiously and warring stand out and add context to how "placating" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include aimed at placating and protecting and charged with placating 30 fabulously. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "placating" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with placating

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Placating her became our survival strategy. (6 words)

Even Israel’s response was relatively placating. (7 words)

And he wasn’t merely placating a needy audience of Jews and Israelis. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

But you don’t get to be the commissioner of a multibillion-dollar industry—or charged with placating 30 fabulously wealthy, notoriously demanding owners—without a level of fundamental trust in one’s economic stewardship. (35 words)

Some said that Chen's position on this issue was intended and to some degree succeeded in placating his pro-independence supporters without crossing any red lines that could trigger war with the PRC. (34 words)

If they seem to be placating you or seem uninspired to act or unnecessarily defensive, I would request a meeting with administration, where I would lay all of this out on the table. (33 words)

Example sentences (13)

And he wasn’t merely placating a needy audience of Jews and Israelis.

Even Israel’s response was relatively placating.

If they seem to be placating you or seem uninspired to act or unnecessarily defensive, I would request a meeting with administration, where I would lay all of this out on the table.

But you don’t get to be the commissioner of a multibillion-dollar industry—or charged with placating 30 fabulously wealthy, notoriously demanding owners—without a level of fundamental trust in one’s economic stewardship.

Coming as it does, ahead of the general elections, the changes appear to be aimed at placating and protecting local retailers, large and small.

Placating her became our survival strategy.

Thailand fended off being colonized by placating the neighboring colonial powers, Britain and France, with territorial and economic concessions.

The Dayton Accords were meant to end a war by placating warring ethno-nationalist leaders, but Annex 4 has been used to govern Bosnia for more than two decades.

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These elected officials in particular are not only obsequiously placating a man nursing a god complex, they are displaying a staggering lack of national fealty.

With this latest Eagles brouhaha, the NFL is learning firsthand that any hopes of placating Trump are unlikely to succeed.

At the time of Arthur's and Lewis's initial adventure, the Ottomans were still trying to lessen the threat of intervention by placating their neighbours.

He possesses little sense of "preaching to the converted" (in a very literal sense), and aims his work more at influencing Protestants than placating his Ultramontane opposition.

Some said that Chen's position on this issue was intended and to some degree succeeded in placating his pro-independence supporters without crossing any red lines that could trigger war with the PRC.

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Common combinations with placating

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "placating" in a sentence?
An example: "And he wasn’t merely placating a needy audience of Jews and Israelis." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "placating" from authentic English texts.
What does "placating" mean?
Placating means: present participle and gerund of placate
What are synonyms of "placating"?
Common synonyms of "placating" include: appeasing, placative, placatory, conciliatory, conciliative.
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