Meaning & use
beholding
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Present participle of 'behold': looking at or observing something, typically something impressive or remarkable.
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Tourists stood on the ridge, beholding the vast canyon below.
The children sat silently, beholding the fireworks bursting over the harbor.
A note on using this word
In older, now archaic English, 'beholding' was also used as an adjective meaning 'indebted' or 'obliged,' a sense that has since died out in favor of 'beholden.'
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2. adjective
Archaic: indebted or obliged to someone.
He said he was much beholding to his old teacher for the encouragement.
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