practicing

[prak-ti-sing] / ˈpræk tɪ sɪŋ /

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engaged adj.
operating adj.
using adj.

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

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practicing

One group has started practicing parkour in a playground.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

By 13, he was spending hours each day practicing alone in the basement at his boarding school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

A lot of times they were practicing lawyers, but mainly politicians.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

Associates can now have a live voice conversation with an AI-generated persona of a shopper, practicing how and what to say to close the deal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

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

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

practicing

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