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Webster 1913 Edition


Playing

Play′ing

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Adj.
&
vb.
Noun.
of
Play
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Playing cards
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See under
Card
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Definition 2024


playing

playing

English

Noun

playing (plural playings)

  1. (gerund of play) An occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played.
    • 2009, January 19, “Edward Wyatt”, in Big Love Gets a Big Tie to Real World:
      [] the Nielsen figures show that average viewership across all playings fell by only 40 percent and that total viewership of the entire season’s episodes fell by only 20 percent.

Verb

playing

  1. present participle of play

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