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present participle of deal.

Definitions

dealing

[dee-ling] / ˈdi lɪŋ /

NOUN

commerce

Synonyms

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business economics exchange industry marketing retailing trade traffic

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dealings merchandising truck

WEAK

merchantry wholesaling

Antonyms

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unemployment

NOUN

contraband

Synonyms

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piracy smuggling trafficking

STRONG

bootlegging crime goods moonshine plunder poaching stuff swag theft violation

WEAK

counterfeiting rum-running wetbacking

Antonyms

WEAK

legal goods

NOUN

distribution

Synonyms

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circulation delivery disposal dissemination handling marketing sharing trading transport transportation

STRONG

administration allotment apportioning apportionment assessment assigning diffusion dispensation dispersal division dole mailing partition partitioning propagation rationing scattering spreading

WEAK

alloting circulating disposing dissipating handing out prorating

Antonyms

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hold keeping retention

STRONG

juncture unity

WEAK

collection gathering hoard hoarding maintenance store

NOUN

exchange

Synonyms

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change commerce network swap transaction transfer

STRONG

barter castling commutation conversion correspondence interchange interdependence interrelation rearrangement reciprocation reciprocity replacement revision shift shuffle shuffling substitution supplanting switch traffic transposing transposition truck

WEAK

buying and selling quid pro quo supplantment tit for tat

Antonyms

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stagnation

NOUN

trade

Synonyms

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business commerce contract deal enterprise exchange industry market traffic transaction

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barter clientele custom customers interchange patronage public sales swap truck

WEAK

merchantry

Antonyms

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disagreement idleness indolence misunderstanding unemployment

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entertainment fun pastime

NOUN

traffic

Synonyms

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business commerce communication industry trade truck

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barter closeness communion connection custom dealings doings exchange familiarity interchange intercourse intimacy patronage peddling relations relationship soliciting transactions

WEAK

merchantry

Antonyms

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unemployment

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antagonism disagreement

NOUN

treatment

Synonyms

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approach conduct employment management method practice procedure strategy

STRONG

angle custom execution habit line manipulation manner mode proceeding processing reception usage way

WEAK

action towards behavior towards modus operandi

Antonyms

WEAK

harm hurt injury

Example Sentences

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He added: "There wasn't a single team that we had to spend more time dealing with than Iran."

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

James missed the first 14 games of the season while dealing with a right sciatic nerve issue, marking the first time in his career that he wasn’t ready to suit up for the season opener.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

In it, she wrote about some of the problems she had dealing with her sister.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026

"On Earth, we only see such differing oxidation as a result of the presence of life. But does that necessarily mean that we are dealing with life in an extraterrestrial context?"

From Science Daily • Jun. 30, 2026

The school counselor had called it a "coping mechanism," my way of dealing with the tragedy.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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