Meanings
plural playings
- gerundAn occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played.
[…] 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.
2009 January 19, Edward Wyatt, “‘Big Love’ Gets a Big Tie to Real World”, in New York Times
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of play
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe performance of a part or role in a drama
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishplaying
- Englishplaying
From Middle English playing; equivalent to play + -ing.
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playing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playing
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