Plural of 'carrying,' referring to multiple instances or acts of transporting something.
From 'carry' (Old North French 'carier') plus the gerund suffix '-ing,' which creates a noun from a verb, plus the pluralizing suffix '-s'.
The word shows how English creates abstract nouns from actions—'carrying' captures the activity itself, and adding 's' lets us count multiple instances of that activity, which is super useful for describing repeated actions.
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