# lawyering

Pronunciation: US say "LOY-er-ing" /ˈlɔɪ.əɹ.ɪŋ/; UK say "LAW-yuh-ing" /ˈlɔːjə(ɹ)ɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The practice of law as a profession; the day-to-day work of being a lawyer.
   - Simple: The work of being a lawyer and helping people with legal problems.
   - _Skilled lawyering won the case despite the thin evidence._
   - _He left lawyering behind to take a seat on the bench._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of lawyer. — present participle and gerund of lawyer
   - Simple: Present participle of lawyer. Use this -ing form for the action of working as a lawyer.
   - _After lawyering for two decades, she moved into local politics._
   - _The firm rewarded aggressive lawyering with rapid promotions._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/lawyering (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).