Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of seed
nounseeding (plural seedings)
plural seedings
- gamesThe arrangement of positions in a tournament.
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.
1979 July 2, “Reflection on the Seedings Fills Pause at Wimbledon”, in The New York Times
Translations
French appariement, départage
- appariementArrangement of positions in a tournament
- départageArrangement of positions in a tournament
- grille de départArrangement of positions in a tournament
German Auslosung, Platzierung
- AuslosungArrangement of positions in a tournament
- PlatzierungArrangement of positions in a tournament
- StartplatzvergabeArrangement of positions in a tournament
Swedish seedning, utlottning
- seedningArrangement of positions in a tournament
- utlottningArrangement of positions in a tournament
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with seeding
readingleadingfeedingproceedingbreedingprecedingspreadingbleedingexceedingmisleadingneedingbreastfeedingspeedingsucceedingbeadingpleadingproofreadingweedingrecedinginbreedingkneadingrereadingmisreadingBeeding
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
seeding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seeding
MLA
“seeding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seeding. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seeding,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seeding.
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