playing

Examples

• All

• In this teaching model, everyone is encouraged to engage and participate in both playing and nonplaying roles.

  Academic text (2012)

• What have you learned from playing Angel on pose?

• Oh, and fantasy role playing.

  The Break-Up (2006)

• No individual's life can be sustained by role-playing, and certainly not by playing only one role.

  Academic text (1993)

• Future training sessions will be adjusted to include more role-playing opportunities.

  Academic text (2012)

• Student teachers were provided with role-playing opportunities as a method to practice peer coaching sessions.

  Academic text (1994)

• Specific techniques involve discussions, role playing, simulation games, and bibliotherapy, reading and discussing rational stories.

  Academic text (1990)

• Unfortunately, this kind of obsessive role-playing is encouraged both by legal education and the bottom-line mentality discussed earlier.

  Academic text (1993)

• The social worker emphasizes collegiality and focuses on discussion and role-playing rather than formal didactic presentations.

  Academic text (1993)

• The actor received praise for her outstanding performance during the playing of Lady Macbeth.

Synonyms

P

performance

vsplaying

838 2.7

A live show of a play, concert, or dance for an audience

is the act of taking a role within a drama not the whole event

A

acting

vsplaying

443 2.6

The art of playing a character in films, plays, or television

is the single act of taking a role in a drama rather than a career

P

performing

vsplaying

74 3.1

Acting a role on stage in a play or show

is the same act expressed by a different common verb

E

enactment

vsplaying

17 6.0

A performance of a character on stage

is the broader act of taking a role without stressing portrayal method

R

roleplaying

vsplaying

5 5.3

A way of acting as another person to practice or learn

is the theatrical act of taking a role rather than a training exercise

D

dramatic performance

vsplaying

2 3.7

A staged play that actors perform live for an audience

refers to the single act of taking a role rather than the whole event

T

theatrical performance

vsplaying

1 3.5

An event where actors act a play for an audience

focuses on the individual act of taking a role not the staged event

P

playacting

vsplaying

1 5.7

Pretending to be someone, for example in a play or to get attention

is the neutral act of taking a role in drama rather than pretending

Idioms

C

to change the playing field

1 6.2

Make the situation different so some people have a better chance to win

Compounds

P

playing field

92 3.8

The conditions that let people or companies compete fairly

L

level playing field

55 3.5

A situation where everyone has the same fair chance to succeed

P

playing field

16 1.5

An area of land prepared and marked for playing sports

P

playing card

14 1.0

A small flat piece of thick paper with numbers or pictures used in games

P

playing area

4 1.8

An area marked and prepared for sports, like a field or court

F

fair playing field

2 3.3

A situation where everyone has an equal chance and no one has unfair advantages

C

card-playing

1 3.0

A person who often plays card games for fun or money

C

carillon playing

1 9.9

Playing music on a set of large bells in a tower

P

playing period

1 3.7

A part of a game when play happens for a set time

How Prominent

leading

490 3.1

playing

38 1.9

minor role

4 3.5

bit part

6 4.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology