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Meaning of practice in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈpræktəs/

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  1. Verb

    practice

    Definitions

    1. learn by repetition

    Examples

    • « We drilled French verbs every day »
    • « Pianists practice scales »
  2. 2. avail oneself to

    Examples

    • « apply a principle »
    • « practice a religion »
    • « use care when going down the stairs »
    • « use your common sense »
    • « practice non-violent resistance »
  3. 3. carry out or practice

    Examples

    • « as of jobs and professions »
    • « practice law »
  4. 4. engage in a rehearsal (of)
  5. Noun

    practice

    Etymology

    late Middle English: the verb from Old French practiser or medieval Latin practizare, alteration of practicare‘perform, carry out’, from practica‘practice’, from Greek praktikē, feminine (used as a noun) of praktikos (see practical); the noun from the verb in the earlier spelling practise, on the pattern of pairs such as advise, advice

    Definitions

    1. a customary way of operation or behavior

    Examples

    • « it is their practice to give annual raises »
    • « they changed their dietary pattern »
  6. 2. systematic training by multiple repetitions

    Examples

    • « practice makes perfect »
  7. 3. translating an idea into action

    Examples

    • « a hard theory to put into practice »
    • « differences between theory and praxis of communism »
  8. 4. the exercise of a profession

    Examples

    • « the practice of the law »
    • « I took over his practice when he retired »
  9. 5. knowledge of how something is usually done

    Examples

    • « it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner »

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