practicing

[ prak-ti-sing ]

adjective

1. actively working at a profession, especially medicine or law.
2. actively following a specific way of life, religion, philosophy, etc.:

   a practicing Catholic.

Word History and Origins

Origin of practicing¹

practice + -ing ²

Example Sentences

You could also find moments when you do want music—say, while you’re making art or cooking, and it’d be fun to sing along—and invite him to do his practicing and serenade you then.

From Outside Online

On the other hand, lower-wattage amplifiers like these aren’t capable of producing the higher volumes required to be heard over a full band, so they’re better suited to mobile practicing or solo performances.

From Popular-Science

For about the past four years, I've been friends with a co-worker who always claimed she'd been a practicing, licensed RN before she decided to fly.

From Washington Post

They were found guilty of practicing habitual debauchery and inciting others to sexual deviance because of the footage.

From The Daily Beast

Practicing yoga, studies show, can alleviate symptoms of depression and anxiety.

From The Daily Beast

After reading The Game in 2007, he says, he started going out in Switzerland and practicing RSD methods.

From The Daily Beast

But because he is still a practicing pastor, his name was instead blocked from her publicized affidavit.

From The Daily Beast

I remember practicing that lick [from the solo “Round Midnight” recording] years ago, learning how to do that cascade effect.

From The Daily Beast

Of course I am practicing very hard, and I am taking private lessons of Kullak again.

From Project Gutenberg

She withdrew entirely from society and devoted herself to practicing, following his directions implicitly.

From Project Gutenberg

My head feels quite lame from so much practicing, the consequence, I suppose, of so much listening.

From Project Gutenberg

I've been practicing right smart, ever since she told me that, an' I can write my name real plain.

From Project Gutenberg

He was a practicing physician in New Hampshire, when the war of the revolution broke out.

From Project Gutenberg

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