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View synonyms for practiced

practiced

or prac·tised

[ prak-tist ]

adjective

  1. skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience:

    a practiced hand at politics.

  2. acquired or perfected through practice:

    a practiced English accent.



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Other Words From

  • non·practiced adjective
  • well-practiced adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of practiced1

First recorded in 1560–70; practice + -ed 2

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Example Sentences

To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects.

In one of the activities men practiced putting the dolls gingerly on their backs to carry them.

Democrats need to respond aggressively to the crony capitalism practiced by many Republicans, particularly regarding Wall Street.

A secular police state well practiced in suppressing internal challenges.

They practiced ceremonial cannibalism, believing the hearts of their victims would imbue them with power.

I rushed home and practiced till ten, and then I got up early the next morning and practiced a few hours.

She sometimes liked to sit in the room of mornings when Madame Ratignolle played or practiced.

Frulein Steiniger says that she also practiced slowly all the time for six months, as I am now doing.

I have been admonished and instructed by the systematic economy which is practiced even in great houses.

William Read died; originally a cobbler, became a mountebank, and practiced medicine by the light of nature!

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