practice

Meaning

Noun

1. Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
2. An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.
3. The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
4. A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.
5. The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.
6. A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine.
7. Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.
8. 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.
9. Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice.
10. An easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.

Verb

Alternative spelling of practise

Pronounced as (IPA)

/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.