Sekirov Dictionary

practice

/ˈpɹæktɪs/

noun 11
verb 8
forms 3
phrases 1

noun11

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repeated work at an activity in order to become better at it
- He will need lots of practice with the lines before he performs them.
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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.
•
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.
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Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.
- That may work in theory, but will it work in practice?
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A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.
- She ran a thriving medical practice.
The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
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The state of being proficient due to repetition of a skill.
- I was rusty, but after a few months, I got back into practice.
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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.
The observance of religious duties that an spiritual institution requires of its members.
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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. — 1587
An easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.

verb8

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To repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.
- You should practise playing piano every day.
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To repeat an activity in this way.
- If you want to speak French well, you need to practise.
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To pursue (a career, especially law, fine art or medicine).
- She practised law for forty years before retiring.
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To perform or observe in an habitual fashion.
- They gather to practise religion every Saturday.
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To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do.
- Aught but Talbot's shadow whereon to practise your severity. — 1591
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To make use of; to employ.
- In malice to this good knight's wife, I practised Ubaldo and Ricardo to corrupt her. — 1629
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To teach or accustom by practice; to train.
- In church they are taught to love God; after church they are practised to love their neighbour. — 1828
(no longer used) To conspire.

forms

practiced · practicing · practices

Phrases with practice

put into practice
To make (something) a practical reality.

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