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Definition of riding noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

riding

noun
 
/ˈraɪdɪŋ/
 
/ˈraɪdɪŋ/
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  1. (British English also horse riding)
    (North American English also horseback riding)
     [uncountable] the sport or activity of riding horses
    • I'm taking riding lessons.
    • riding boots
    • (British English) to go riding
    • (North American English) to go horseback riding
    • We went horse riding.
    Topics Sports: other sportsb1, Hobbiesb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • horse
    • horseback
    verb + riding
    • go
    riding + noun
    • boots
    • breeches
    • crop
    • …
    See full entry
  2. Riding
     [countable] one of the three former parts of the English county of Yorkshire called the East Riding, the North Riding and the West Riding
  3. (Canadian English) [countable] a district that elects its own representative to a state or national government
    • A by-election was called for the Ontario riding of Whitby-Oshawa.
    4. see also trials riding
    Word OriginFrom an Anglo-Saxon word meaning ‘one third’.
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