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Meanings of wooing in English

Portuguese
galanteio
Catalan
galanteig

A man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)

galanteio
Usage of wooing in English
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South East Asian countries are also wooing firms exploring options outside China.
Reuters
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There is plenty more lobbying, consultation and wooing of public opinion ahead.
The Guardian
3
Altogether, it made wooing Morpheus a great deal more difficult than usual.
Double Dexter
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Harper has spent months wooing investment from China and other Asian countries.
Reuters
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So her Jenny had not been wrong: Harry really was wooing her.
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
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Paris, Milan, Luxembourg, Dublin and Madrid are also wooing banks in London.
Reuters
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Her voice was low and wooing; it was one of her charms.
There was a King in Egypt
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The sequelae of this wooing have never been cleared up in detail.
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
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He argued that wooing business had to be part of the strategy.
The Guardian
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For this reason I pretended to view their wooing favourably, in theory.
The penelopiad
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The battle-field and the bower alike had been wooing-ground for her smiles.
Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy
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The wooing Indian climate was fast ripening the exquisite loveliness of eighteen.
A Fascinating Traitor: An Anglo-Indian Story
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But they provide insight into the importance it places on wooing delegates.
Reuters
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His wooing was not a very romantic episode in his commonplace existence.
Fenton's Quest
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Poesy, verse, and rhetoric all came to help him in his wooing.
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
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Now he was charged with the task of wooing her...with no reward.
The player
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Wooing across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common