practice.
Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
Meaning & usage
Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
He will need lots of practice with the lines before he performs them.
Repetition of an activity to improve a skill. 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.
Repetition of an activity to improve a skill. The state of being proficient due to repetition of a skill.
I was rusty, but after a few months, I got back into practice.
The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts. Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice.
The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts. An easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.
The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts. The observance of religious duties that an spiritual institution requires of its members.
The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts. 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 ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts. A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.
She ran a thriving medical practice.
Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.
That may work in theory, but will it work in practice?
Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory. 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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree ▲ Middle English practice, practise, practize, practyseder. Middle English practice, practique, practyse English practice The noun is from Middle English practice, practique, practyse, from the verb; also compare Medieval Latin prāctica.. Displaced native Old English sidu. 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.
Alternative spelling of practise.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree ▲ Middle English practice, practise, practize, practyseder. Middle English practice, practique, practyse English practice The noun is from Middle English practice, practique, practyse, from the verb; also compare Medieval Latin prāctica.. Displaced native Old English sidu. 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.
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