practicing

[prak-ti-sing] / ˈpræk tɪ sɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

engaged

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absorbed committed employed engrossed interested involved occupied preoccupied working

STRONG

doing immersed performing pursuing signed

WEAK

at work connected with dealing in deep in place in use intent rapt tied-up unavailable wrapped-up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bored disinterested idle inactive uninterested unoccupied

WEAK

available disengaged inoperable not working uninvolved

ADJECTIVE

operating

Synonyms

STRONGEST

performing running

STRONG

accomplishing administering conducting contriving determining directing driving executing finishing fulfilling guiding maintaining managing manipulating moving ordering regulating revolving serving spinning supervising sustaining transacting turning using wielding

WEAK

at work

ADJECTIVE

using

Synonyms

STRONG

accepting adopting applying employing proving testing working

Example Sentences

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It’s a risk, unlike, say, practicing a sport or taking up a new hobby.

From The Wall Street Journal

The crowd included a practicing cardiologist from Belgium who had built an app to help patients navigate care, and a California lawyer who made a tool for automating building permit approvals using Claude Code.

From The Wall Street Journal

Davis, despite having little experience practicing antitrust law, is one of the most visible practitioners of a change playing out across the division.

From The Wall Street Journal

Father, who was incapable of practicing deceit or even recognizing it, took a long and earnest sniff.

From Literature

“Oh, Ruby! You startled me. I was practicing. I’m taking lessons myself now.”

From Literature

practicing

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