Usually means: Learning role to substitute actor.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word understudying:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. understudying: Merriam-Webster
  2. understudying: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. understudying: Collins English Dictionary
  4. understudying: Vocabulary.com
  5. understudying: Wordnik
  6. understudying: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. understudying: Wiktionary
  8. understudying: Dictionary.com
  9. understudying: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. understudying: Legal dictionary

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  1. understudying: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (understudy)

verb:  To study or know a role to such an extent as to be able to replace the normal performer when required.
verb:  To act as an understudy (to someone).
verb:  To act in a similar manner to some known person.
noun:  A performer who understudies; a standby for a study (9).
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