From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha practising doctor/lawyer/teacher etca practising doctor/lawyer/teacher etcWORK/DO WORKsomeone who is working as a doctor, lawyer etc Few practicing teachers have time for such research. → practising
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a practising doctor/lawyer/teacher etc• Morwenna Wood a practising doctor is being treated in Oxford's JOhn radcliffe hospital. 