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practice
[ prak-tis ]
noun
- habitual or customary performance; operation:
office practice.
- habit; custom:
It is not the practice here for men to wear long hair.
- repeated performance or systematic exercise for the purpose of acquiring skill or proficiency:
Practice makes perfect.
Synonyms:
- condition arrived at by experience or exercise:
She refused to play the piano, because she was out of practice.
- the action or process of performing or doing something:
to put a scheme into practice;
the shameful practices of a blackmailer.
- the exercise or pursuit of a profession or occupation, especially law or medicine:
She plans to set up practice in her hometown.
- the business of a professional person:
The doctor wanted his daughter to take over his practice when he retired.
- Law. the established method of conducting legal proceedings.
- Archaic. plotting; intrigue; trickery.
- Usually practices. Archaic. intrigues; plots.
verb (used with object)
- to perform or do habitually or usually:
to practice a strict regimen.
- to follow or observe habitually or customarily:
to practice one's religion.
- to exercise or pursue as a profession, art, or occupation:
to practice law.
- to perform or do repeatedly in order to acquire skill or proficiency:
to practice the violin.
- to train or drill (a person, animal, etc.) in something in order to give proficiency.
verb (used without object)
- to do something habitually or as a practice.
- to pursue a profession, especially law or medicine.
- to exercise oneself by repeated performance in order to acquire skill:
to practice at shooting.
- Archaic. to plot or conspire.
practice
/ 藞辫谤忙办迟瑟蝉 /
noun
- a usual or customary action or proceeding
he made a practice of stealing stamps
it was his practice to rise at six
- repetition or exercise of an activity in order to achieve mastery and fluency
- the condition of having mastery of a skill or activity through repetition (esp in the phrases in practice, out of practice )
- the exercise of a profession
he set up practice as a lawyer
- the act of doing something
he put his plans into practice
- the established method of conducting proceedings in a court of law
verb
- the US spelling of practise
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 辫谤补肠顎僼颈肠路别谤 noun
- 尘颈蝉路辫谤补肠顎僼颈肠别 noun verb mispracticed mispracticing
- 苍辞苍路辫谤补肠顎僼颈肠别 noun
- 辞耻迟顎卲谤补肠顎僼颈肠别 verb (used with object) outpracticed outpracticing
- 辞顎卾别谤路辫谤补肠顎僼颈肠别 verb (used with object) overpracticed overpracticing
- 辫谤别路辫谤补肠顎僼颈肠别 verb prepracticed prepracticing
- 谤别路辫谤补肠顎僼颈肠别 verb (used with object) repracticed repracticing
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of practice1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of practice1
Idioms and Phrases
- in practice
- make a practice of
- out of practice
- put into practice
- sharp practice
Example Sentences
Ministers previously said Scotland wanted to lead the way in outlawing such practices - but it has now urged the Labour government at Westminster to legislate on the issue.
It said many Chinese shippers use deceptive practices to hide illicit substances in low-value packages "to exploit the de minimis exemption".
There are about 5,000 vet practices in the UK, it said, but since 2013, approximately 1,500 of these have been acquired by six large corporate groups.
Instead, schools were advised to turn to practices including conflict resolution and counseling.
It offers employees and employers free, impartial advice on workplace rights, rules and best practice.
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Practice Vs. Practise
What鈥檚 the difference between practice and practise?
In British English (and many other international varieties of English), the spelling practice is used when the word is a noun, while the spelling practise is used when it鈥檚 a verb. In American English, the spelling practice is always used, regardless of whether the word is used as a verb or a noun.
This is somewhat similar to the difference in spelling between advice (noun) and advise (verb)鈥攁 distinction that鈥檚 used in both British and American English.
However, unlike advice and advise, practice and practise are always pronounced the same.
Here is an example of how practice and practise would be used in the same sentence in British English.
Example: Remember, practice makes perfect鈥攖he more you practise, the better you will get.聽
Want to learn more? Read the full breakdown of the difference between practice and practise.
Quiz yourself on practice vs. practise!
True or False?
In American English, the spelling practice is used only for nouns.
Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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