practice

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

Alternative spelling of practise.

Opposite of

theory

Synonyms

exercise

custom

practise

training

drill

habit

usage

train

🚋

tradition

convention

use

apply

rehearse

experience

wont

performance

way

fashion

manner

review

rehearsal

pattern

work

procedure

conduct

behaviour

exert

praxis

carry out

action

observance

rule

style

method

execution

put into practice

culture

do

profession

ceremony

business

perform

act

mores

law

institution

learn

study

commit

doing

Translations

pratique

Übung

pratiquer

pratica

practicar

Praxis

práctica

praticar

exercice

prática

coutume

praticare

Brauch

pràctica

esercizio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹæktɪs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: practice

In summary

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.

Sentences

Got to get some practice .

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