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

   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. Gooding Jr.:

   [The biggest challenge of the role was] the mindset, the psychosis; I remember when Heath Ledger talked about playing the Joker…I always used to look out of the side of my eye, going ‘yeah actors,’ but there really is a darkness when you are playing someone psychotic you have to go there mentally. It’s almost like we look over a cliff and picture yourself falling so that gives you a fear of it. So this is falling for six months and kind of what that means to you.

2. Christoph Diasio:

   We've been playing defense for 15 months, it's time to go on offense and end this thing.

3. Monzer Akbik:

   The Russians are now trying to play the game they have been playing since Geneva.

4. Charlie Montoyo:

   If our bullpen regroups and does the job like we did today, we are going to win games, because we are going to hit. We are playing great defense. Our starters are doing a great job. So that’s the piece that we’re kind of missing.

5. Washington Wizards:

   If it's for his own safety I don't want to see a guy get harmed, hopefully it will get worked out with him but it's a tough situation. It's never a good thing to see a guy not playing for personal reasons.

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