Definitions for Playing
Play·ing

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

1. playing(noun)

   the act of playing a musical instrument

2. playing(noun)

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

3. acting, playing, playacting, performing(noun)

   the performance of a part or role in a drama

Wiktionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. playing(Noun)

   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. playing

   Verb form of play.

   The children are playing in the garden.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 24, 2020  

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?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Brandt Snedeker:

   There's just so much that can happen on that back nine, it's tough to stay in the present. You can hear it, you can see it, more than any place we play all year. That's probably why there's a lot of movement on the back nine, because you start playing differently when you hear something in front of you.

2. De Minaur:

   I've been playing great tennis and felt like if I could keep it all together, the good results will come, i don't think I could start the American hardcourt season any better than this.

3. Chief Executive Howard Schultz:

   Starbucks is playing the long game.

4. Rory McIlroy:

   I guess after coming off a three-week break, I felt, I wouldn't say rusty, but just not quite on top of my game yesterday, and then today I felt like I was trying to get something going and couldn't. Coming off three weeks off and playing in conditions like these, it sort of shows you where your game's at. I've just got to regroup and get ready for Miami next week.

5. John Krasinski:

   [Director Rob Marshall] just turned to the window, cued the song, the orchestra started playing, and Emily started singing, and I just immediately wept, it was really wild. It was like finding out that your wife can levitate.

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