practice
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: art
arts
law
mathematics
medicine
sciences
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.
Inflected forms:
form: practices
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: practise
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) training, rehearsing, rehearsal, dry run, trial, workout
He will need lots of practice with the lines before he performs them.
gloss: An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: 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.
gloss: The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
pos: noun
tags: especially
uncountable
usually
examples: 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.
gloss: A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
examples: She ran a thriving medical practice.
gloss: The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: 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.
gloss: Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: That may work in theory, but will it work in practice?
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: This firm of solicitors is involved in family law practice.
gloss: Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: He sought to have that by practice which he could not by prayer.
gloss: An easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Related words: practic
practicable
practical
practitioner
Derived words: 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
what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive
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