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View synonyms for yachting

yachting

[ yot-ing ]

noun

  1. the practice or sport of sailing or voyaging in a yacht.


ˈyachting

/ ˈjɒtɪŋ /

noun

    1. the sport or practice of navigating a yacht
    2. ( as modifier )

      yachting clothes

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of yachting1

First recorded in 1830–40; yacht + -ing 1
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Example Sentences

I’m not just a boss, but also a friend who has experience in yachting and also in life as an older person.

My parents were yachting and I was down at the water’s edge, but he, with some friends, clambered onto the roof of the clubhouse.

All the Instagram influencers are in Split, Croatia, doing the yachting thing.

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Today, Fort Lauderdale is a major yachting town and one of the nation’s largest tourist destinations.

I heard the question right: Cannes is famous for its film festival, but also has a yachting festival in September.

The Little Barrier Island, though possessing no harbour, has several yachting anchorages.

Steam yachts having abnormally high speed are occasionally seen in a large yachting fleet.

A yachting tribunal was instituted in Paris to make rules and arrange the details of racing.

Yachting in Canada dates back as a pastime almost to the first days of its colonisation.

Fashion always runs to extremes; now that fashion has attacked yachting, the belle of one season is extinguished in the next.

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