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practice

noun
/ˈpɹæktɪs/

Etymology

The noun is from Middle English practice, practique, practyse, from the verb; also compare Medieval Latin prāctica. The verb is from Middle English practice, practise, practize, practyse, from Middle French pratiser, practiser, alteration of practiquer, from Medieval Latin prācticāre, 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.

  1. derived from πρακτικός
  2. derived from prācticus
  3. derived from prācticāre
  4. derived from pratiser
  5. inherited from practice

Definitions

  1. Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.

    • Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) training, rehearsing, rehearsal, dry run, trial, workout
    • He will need lots of practice with the lines before he performs them.

  2. 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.
    • I have choir practice every Sunday after church.

  3. The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.

  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.

      • She ran a thriving medical practice.

    2. The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.

    3. A customary action, habit, or behaviour

      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.
      • It is good practice to check each door and window before leaving.
      • As a result, New Zealand locomotive design is a curious blend of English and American practice; certainly the American influence has always been much stronger than in Australia.

    4. Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.

      • That may work in theory, but will it work in practice?

    5. The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through…

      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.

    6. Skilful or artful management

      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.

    7. An easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur…

      An easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.

    8. Alternative spelling of practise.

      • I have been a liberal housekeeper enough, but I shall not be ashamed to practice economy now.

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Derived

best practice, business practice, code of practice, common practice, common practice period, community of practice, corrupt practice, custom and practice, fire practice, forepractice, general practice, hand practice, in practice, macropractice, malpractice, micropractice, mispractice, nonpractice, out of practice, overpractice, postpractice, praccy, practible, practice girl, practicelike, practice makes perfect, practice makes progress, practice run, practice squad, practicewear, practice what one preaches, prepractice, psychopractice, put in practice, put into practice, restrictive practice, sharp practice, standard practice, target practice, telepractice · +1 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for practice. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA