playing
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English playing; equivalent to play + -ing.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]playing (plural playings)
- (gerund of play) An occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played.
- 2009 January 19, Edward Wyatt, “‘Big Love’ Gets a Big Tie to Real World”, in New York Times[1]:
- […] 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
[edit]playing
- present participle and gerund of play
Related terms
[edit]related to noun or verb
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]playing (plural playinges)
- playing, having fun, entertainment, revelry.
- The playing of a game or sport; ludic entertainment.
- The participation or running of a play or performance.
- (rare) The duration something is boiling for.
- (rare) comedy, humour.
Descendants
[edit]- English: playing
References
[edit]- “pleiinge, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-20.
Adverb
[edit]playing
References
[edit]- “pleiinge, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-20.
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