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tɪsnoun
1.
habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
2.
habit; custom: It is not the practice here for men to wear long hair.
3.
repeated performance or systematic exercise for the purpose of acquiring skill or proficiency: Practice makes perfect.
4.
condition arrived at by experience or exercise: She refused to play the piano, because she was out of practice.
5.
EXPANDthe action or process of performing or doing something: to put a scheme into practice; the shameful practices of a blackmailer.
6.
the exercise or pursuit of a profession or occupation, especially law or medicine: She plans to set up practice in her hometown.
7.
the business of a professional person: The doctor wanted his daughter to take over his practice when he retired.
8.
Law. the established method of conducting legal proceedings.
9.
Archaic. plotting; intrigue; trickery.
10.
COLLAPSEUsually, practices. Archaic. intrigues; plots.
verb (used with object)
11.
to perform or do habitually or usually: to practice a strict regimen.
12.
to follow or observe habitually or customarily: to practice one's religion.
13.
to exercise or pursue as a profession, art, or occupation: to practice law.
14.
to perform or do repeatedly in order to acquire skill or proficiency: to practice the violin.
15.
to train or drill (a person, animal, etc.) in something in order to give proficiency.
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Practice
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So is testify. Does it mean:
| the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought |
| to state or declare under oath or affirmation, usually in court |
verb (used without object)
16.
to do something habitually or as a practice.
17.
to pursue a profession, especially law or medicine.
18.
to exercise oneself by repeated performance in order to acquire skill: to practice at shooting.
19.
Archaic. to plot or conspire.
Origin:
1375–1425; (v.) late Middle English practisen, practizen (< Middle French pra(c)tiser) < Medieval Latin prāctizāre, alteration of prācticāre, derivative of prāctica practical work < Greek prāktikḗ noun use of feminine of prāktikós practic; see -ize; (noun) late Middle English, derivative of the v.
1375–1425; (v.) late Middle English practisen, practizen (< Middle French pra(c)tiser) < Medieval Latin prāctizāre, alteration of prācticāre, derivative of prāctica practical work < Greek prāktikḗ noun use of feminine of prāktikós practic; see -ize; (noun) late Middle English, derivative of the v.
Related forms
prac·tic·er, noun
mis·prac·tice, noun, verb, -ticed, -tic·ing.
non·prac·tice, noun
out·prac·tice, verb (used with object), -ticed, -tic·ing.
o·ver·prac·tice, verb (used with object), -ticed, -tic·ing.
EXPANDpre·prac·tice, verb, -ticed, -tic·ing.
re·prac·tice, verb (used with object), -ticed, -tic·ing.
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Example Sentences
- Another way is to teach the practice and interweave the theory with it.
- But it takes some conscious practice.
- It is best that you practice this movement, so you can defend yourself better.
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World English Dictionary
| practice (ˈpræktɪs) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a usual or customary action or proceeding: it was his practice to rise at six; he made a practice of stealing stamps |
| 2. | repetition or exercise of an activity in order to achieve mastery and fluency |
| 3. | the condition of having mastery of a skill or activity through repetition (esp in the phrases in practice, out of practice) |
| 4. | the exercise of a profession: he set up practice as a lawyer |
| 5. | the act of doing something: he put his plans into practice |
| 6. | the established method of conducting proceedings in a court of law |
| —vb | |
| 7. | the US spelling of practise |
| [C16: from Medieval Latin practicāre to practise, from Greek praktikē practical science, practical work, from prattein to do, act] | |
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Word Origin & History
practice
early 15c., "to perform repeatedly to acquire skill;" mid-15c., "to perform, to work at, exercise," from O.Fr. practiser "to practice," from M.L. practicare "to do, perform, practice," from L.L. practicus "practical," from Gk. praktikos "practical." The noun is from early 15c., originally as practise,
EXPANDfrom O.Fr. pratiser, from M.L. practicare. Also as practik, which survived in parallel into 19c. Practiced "expert" is from 1560s; practicing (adj.) is recorded from 1620s in reference to professions, from 1906 in reference to religions.
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Medical Dictionary
practice prac·tice (prāk'tĭs)
v. prac·ticed, prac·tic·ing, prac·tic·es
To engage in the profession of medicine or one of the allied health professions. n.
The exercise of the profession of medicine.
The business of a practicing physician or group of physicians, including facilities and customary patients.
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Idioms & Phrases
practice
In addition to the idioms beginning with practice, also see in practice; make a practice of; out of practice; put into practice; sharp practice.
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