airing
[noun]
Synonyms:
- ventilation, aeration, drying, freshening
- exposure, circulation, display, dissemination, expression, publicity, utterance, vent

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air‧ing /ˈeərɪŋ $ ˈer-/ noun

1. [singular] an occasion when an opinion, idea etc is discussed
get/be given an airing
an issue that wasn’t given an airing during the campaign

2. [countable] an occasion when a programme is broadcast on television or radio:
the program’s first airing in 2000

3. [countable] an occasion when something is shown to people:
a car which had its first airing at the Paris Motor Show

4. [singular] an occasion when you let fresh air move around something:
Put your houseplants outside to give them an airing.

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