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

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   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. Grigor Dimitrov:

   Obviously the more matches you win, the better you feel on the court. It's obvious. It's logical, it took me quite a few months to actually feel comfortable playing again on this level, back-to-back matches and playing consistently well.

2. Gail Vance Civille:

   Just on the texture side, [ the chocolate chip cookie ] has a lot going for it, every bite will be interesting. ... You will hit the cookie, which has crispness due to air pockets in the cookie crumb, and then the chocolate, which is dense and uniform when you bite through it. It's like a symphony orchestra playing together. ... It's very harmonious.

3. Milwaukee Bucks:

   As a team, we started playing good basketball towards the end, maybe we can do it again. Who knows? We’re in a good place. We have a hell of a team.

4. The Commerce official:

   We're committed to holding foreign producers accountable to playing by the rules.

5. David Wills:

   I feel she was one of the first women who believed just because you were over 50 didn’t mean you couldn’t be viewed in a sexual way, she wasn’t afraid to get out there over the age of 50 to show her legs, to show her midriff. [At the time] once a woman was over the age of 35, the studio basically handed her a gold watch, so to speak. And I know in the case of Joan Crawford, even as late as the 1960s… she was still playing strong female romantic leads opposite leading men who were 20-30 years younger than her.

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