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practice
- /ˈpɹæktɪs/
Rhymes with -æktɪs
Where it comes from
Middle English practicen, practisen, practizen, practysender.
Middle English practice, practique, practyse
English practice
The noun is from Middle English practice, practique, practyse, from the verb; also compare Medieval Latin prāctica.. Displaced native Old English sidu.
The verb is from Middle English practicen, practisen, practizen, practysen, from Middle French practiser, pratiser, an alteration of practiquer, from Medieval Latin prācticō, from Late Latin prācticus, from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós).
The spelling practice is attested once in Middle English for both the noun and the verb. The noun began to be assimilated in spelling to nouns in -ice; practise (noun) is now obsolete.
noun practices · practise
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Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) training, rehearsing, rehearsal, dry run, trial, workout
Similar: practicing, drill, exercise, training, rehearsing, rehearsal, dry run, trial, workout
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An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.
Being on a team is hard: you're always having to go to practice while everyone else is taking it easy.
Similar: practicing, drill, exercise, training, rehearsing, rehearsal, dry run, trial, workout
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The state of being proficient due to repetition of a skill.
I was rusty, but after a few months, I got back into practice.
Similar: practicing, drill, exercise, training, rehearsing, rehearsal, dry run, trial, workout
- The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts. Which is the most demanding? I think that my practice as an artist is 'stronger' because it is the practice that best fuels and balances myself and that generates new knowledge for my other work as both arts educator and creative arts therapist.
- Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice. He sought to have that by practice which he could not by prayer.
- An easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.
- The observance of religious duties that an spiritual institution requires of its members.
- The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts. This firm of solicitors is involved in family law practice.
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A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.
She ran a thriving medical practice.
Similar: general practice
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Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.
That may work in theory, but will it work in practice?
Opposite: theory
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A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine.
It is the usual practice of employees there to wear neckties only when meeting with customers.
Similar: custom, habit, pattern, routine, wont, wone · Opposite: theory
verb practices · practicing · practiced
- Alternative spelling of practise I have been a liberal housekeeper enough, but I shall not be ashamed to practice economy now.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: practise, use, apply, rehearse, pattern, carry out, do, exercise, drill, practice session, operationally, operational, operation, working, applied, functional
Translations
Every language
noun repetition of an activity to improve skill
| Español | práctica |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 연습 yeonseup |
| 日本語 | 練習 renshū |
| 中文 | 練習 /练习 liànxí |
| हिन्दी | अभ्यास abhyās, रियाज़ riyāz |
| Português | prática |
| Français | pratique |
| Deutsch | Übung, Üben, Training |
| Italiano | pratica |
| Ελληνικά | εξάσκηση exáskisi |
| Română | practică, aplicare, antrenament |
| Русский | пра́ктика práktika, трениро́вка treniróvka, упражне́ние upražnénije |
| Tiếng Việt | sự luyện tập |
| العربية | تَدْرِيب tadrīb, مُمَارَسَة mumārasa |
noun ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession
| Español | práctica |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 업무 eommu |
| 日本語 | 業務 gyōmu |
| Português | prática |
| Français | pratique |
| Deutsch | Ausübung, Ausüben, Praktizieren, Praxis |
| Italiano | pratica |
| Ελληνικά | άσκηση áskisi, εξάσκηση exáskisi |
| Русский | пра́ктика práktika |
noun actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory
| 中文 | 實踐 /实践 shíjiàn |
|---|---|
| Português | prática |
| Deutsch | Praxis |
| Italiano | pratica |
| Ελληνικά | πράξη práxi |
| Русский | пра́ктика práktika |
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