playing
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English playing; equivalent to play + -ing.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
playing (plural playings)
- (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[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.
VerbEdit
playing
AnagramsEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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.
DescendantsEdit
- English: playing
ReferencesEdit
- “pleiinge, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-20.
AdverbEdit
playing
ReferencesEdit
- “pleiinge, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-20.