Definitions for Playing
Play·ing

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. playingnoun

   the act of playing a musical instrument

2. playingnoun

   the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation

3. acting, playing, playacting, performingnoun

   the performance of a part or role in a drama

Wiktionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. playingnoun

   An occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Playing

   of Play

2. Playing

   a. & vb. n. of Play

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. playingverb

   Verb form of play.

   The children are playing in the garden.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 24, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Action
   • Activity
   • Musical Performance
   • Performing Arts

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Playing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1054

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Playing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #768

Anagrams for Playing »

1. plygain

How to pronounce Playing?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Playing in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Playing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Playing in a Sentence

1. Rickie Fowler:

   It's all about what the wind does, i was playing on Sunday and had to basically stop playing because the wind was blowing so hard from the wrong direction.

2. Nelson Mandela:

   “There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”

3. Tulsi Gabbard:

   The failure to pass a year-long budget, and allowing the government to shutdown, while playing political football with issues of humanity is inexcusable.

4. New Jersey Texan Jimmy Walker:

   Start off playing just solid, lots of fairways, lots of greens, got some putts to go in, hit some quality second shots into greens. ( I) had not been making a lot of putts this year.

5. Bernhard Langer:

   Most of the top 10 guys in the world rankings have won lately, or at least have shown some very good form, you want the best players playing great coming in here and we've got that. The guys in form are Jason Day and Adam Scott. Bubba Watson is also very good around here and there's (defending champion) Jordan Spieth and (Henrik) Stenson.

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