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Webster 1828 Edition


Practicing

PRAC'TICING

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ppr.
Performing or using customarily; exercising, as an art or profession.

Definition 2024


practicing

practicing

English

Verb

practicing

  1. present participle of practice

Adjective

practicing (not comparable)

  1. Actively engaged in a profession.
    My uncle is a practicing dentist.
  2. Participating in the rituals and mores of a religion.

Usage notes

Practicing is the common spelling in American English. British and Commonwealth English use practising.

Derived terms

Noun

practicing (plural practicings)

  1. The act of one who practices.