- practicing
- practicing (adj.) 1620s in reference to professions; from 1906 in reference to religions; prp. adjective from PRACTICE (Cf. practice) (v.).
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practicing — UK US /ˈpræktɪsɪŋ/ adjective US ► PRACTISING(Cf. ↑practising) … Financial and business terms
Practicing — Practice Prac tice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Practiced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Practicing}.] [Often written practise, practised, practising.] 1. To do or perform frequently, customarily, or habitually; to make a practice of; as, to practice gaming.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
practicing — also practising adjective Date: 1625 actively engaged in a specified career or way of life < a practicing physician > … New Collegiate Dictionary
practicing — /prak ti sing/, adj. 1. actively working at a profession, esp. medicine or law. 2. actively following a specific way of life, religion, philosophy, etc.: a practicing Catholic. [PRACTICE + ING2] * * * … Universalium
practicing — adjective a) Actively engaged in a profession. My uncle is a practicing dentist. b) Participating in the rituals and mores of a religion … Wiktionary
practicing — adj. Practicing is used with these nouns: ↑architect, ↑attorney, ↑barrister, ↑Buddhist, ↑Catholic, ↑Christian, ↑homosexual, ↑Jew, ↑lawyer, ↑Muslim, ↑nurse, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
practicing — prac|tic|ing [ præktısıŋ ] adjective only before noun active in a particular profession, religion, or way of life: a practicing Catholic … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
practicing lawyer — index jurist Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
practicing plural marriage — index polygamous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
practicing license — UK US noun US ► ACCOUNTING, LAW PRACTISING CERTIFICATE(Cf. ↑practising certificate) … Financial and business terms
