"practicing" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} practicing (not comparable)
  1. Actively engaged in a profession. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-practicing-en-adj-0BpETBob
  2. Participating in the rituals and mores of a religion. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Religion Synonyms (participating in the rituals and mores of a religion): devout
    Sense id: en-practicing-en-adj-DV9GIk01 Disambiguation of Religion: 28 72 0 0 Disambiguation of 'participating in the rituals and mores of a religion': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonpracticing

Noun [English]

Forms: practicings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} practicing (plural practicings)
  1. The act of one who practices.
    Sense id: en-practicing-en-noun-JmC6w2b-

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} practicing
  1. present participle and gerund of practice Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: practice
    Sense id: en-practicing-en-verb-YMcSxtHO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 22 4 68 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 15 5 67

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Download JSON data for practicing meaning in All languages combined (2.5kB)

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