practiceprac‧tice /ˈpræktɪs/ ●●● S2 W1 noun 
It takes hours of practice to learn to play the guitar. With a little more practice you should be able to pass your test. We have choir practice on Tuesday evening.in practice for something Schumacher crashed out in practice for the Australian grand prix.football/rugby/basketball etc practice John’s at baseball practice. ► In British English, the verb is always spelled practise (see separate entry). In American English, both noun and verb are spelled practice.2in practice used when saying what really happens rather than what should happen or what people think happens: In practice women receive much lower wages than their male colleagues. The journey should only take about 30 minutes, but in practice it usually takes more like an hour.3something done often [countable, uncountable] something that people do often, especially a particular way of doing something or a social or religious custom: religious beliefs and practices dangerous working practicesthe practice of doing something the practice of dumping waste into the sea► see thesaurus at habit4doctor/lawyer [countable] the work of a doctor or lawyer, or the place where they workmedical/legal practice Mary Beth had a busy legal practice in Los Angeles. → general practice, private practice5be common/standard/normal practice to be the usual and accepted way of doing something: It’s common practice in many countries for pupils to repeat a year if their grades are low. It’s standard practice to seek parents’ permission wherever possible.6good/best/bad practice an example of a good or bad way of doing something, especially in a particular job: It’s not considered good practice to reveal clients’ names.7put something into practice if you put an idea, plan etc into practice, you start to use it and see if it is effective: It gave him the chance to put his ideas into practice.8be out of practice to have not done something for a long time, so that you are not able to do it well9practice makes perfect used to say that if you do an activity regularly, you will become very good at itCOLLOCATIONSverbsdo practice· Have you done your piano practice?take practice American English (=do practice)· If he’d done badly, he’d go out and take extra batting practice.have some/more etc practice (=do practice)· I’m not a very good dancer. I haven’t had enough practice.get some practice· You must get as much practice as possible before the competition.need practice· She needs more practice.something takes practice (=you can only learn to do it well by practising)· Writing well takes practice.NOUN + practicefootball/basketball etc practice· Dale was at football practice.piano/cello etc practice· I’ve got to do my cello practice.batting/catching etc practice· We'd better do a bit of batting practice before the game.choir practice· There's choir practice on Tuesday evening.band practice· Have you got band practice tonight?target practice (=practice shooting at something)· The area is used by the army for target practice.teaching practice· You have to do three months of teaching practice before you qualify.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Are you going to choir practice?
- Doctors want to educate teenagers about unsafe sexual practices.
- During the summer, the team has two practices a day.
- I scored two goals at hockey practice tonight.
- I try and get some practice in before classes.
- soccer practice
- the religious beliefs and practices of Hindus
- There are only three more practices before the concert.
- You're getting better - you just need a little more practice.
- Beyond that, everything else is essentially a context-specific attempt to put those few universal principles into practice.
- He earned this disputable title by his thoughtful approach to critical issues and the undeniable distinction of his critical practice.
- In practice, the student will necessarily miss some continuity because of days off and night duty.
- One has to distinguish between the individual and the practice.
- Secondly, while it wishes pupils to experience freedom, in practice it is easy for the teacher to determine the structure.
- Stark said as we stood on the practice putting green of the Crieff Golf Club.
- This approach flies in the face of established practice.
THESAURUS
something you do regularly, often without thinking about it: · Biting your nails is a bad habit.· I always go to the same supermarket, out of habit.
a way of speaking or a small movement of your face or body that is part of your usual behaviour: · Even her mannerisms are the same as her sister’s.
something that people in a particular society do because it is traditional or the accepted thing to do: · In Japan, it is the custom to take off your shoes when you enter a house.
a belief, custom, or way of doing something that has existed for a long time: · The tradition of giving Easter eggs goes back hundreds of years.· In many countries, it’s a tradition for the bride to wear white.· It was a family tradition to go for a walk on Christmas Day.
something that people often do, especially as part of their work or daily life: · The hotel has ended the practice of leaving chocolates in guests’ rooms.
Longman Language Activatorto practise for a competition, test, or performance British /practice American to do an activity and repeat it a lot in order to get better at it: · I'm learning how to play the piano, and I try to practise every day.· Practicing karate twice a week might be enough, but you should try to do it a bit more.· We're going to Paris for a week in summer, so that Bill can practise his French.practise doing something: · Practise speaking slowly and clearly.practise for: · When I was practicing for the competition, I spent eight hours a day in the conservatory practice rooms.practise on somebody/something: · I always wanted to be a hairdresser, and used to practise on my friends.
to prepare for a race or game by exercising and practising: · If you're really going to run in the marathon, you need to start training now.· In the winter months, she trains in Montana.train for: · Tyson is training for the big fight next week.
especially British to be in the period before a sports event or competition when you practise a particular sport or physical activity in a planned and controlled way: · When I'm in training I spend at least four hours a day at the swimming pool.be in training for: · He's currently in training for an important race.
to practise a particular skill that you need to play a sport, a musical instrument etc, so that your whole performance improves: · Your tennis playing is getting better, but you need to work on your serve.· Scales and finger exercises are the areas to work on if you want to improve your technique.
to practise something over a long period of time and with a lot of effort in order to achieve a high enough standard: · You'll have to really work at it if you want to be a professional dancer.· Learning another language is never easy, but if you work at it you'll soon get results.
to practise something such as a play or concert, so that it is ready to be performed for the public: · The director made us rehearse the opening scenes over and over.· The band has been rehearsing at the studio all day.rehearse for: · He is currently in New York rehearsing for "The Taming of the Shrew."
to practise something such as a play, speech, or piece of music by reading or playing it from start to finish: · I promised to hear her go through her speech.· Let's go through it just once more.· We went through the whole symphony four times, and he still wasn't satisfied.
to practise something just enough to still be good at it but not enough to improve, especially when you no longer do it regularly: · He still comes around the gym occasionally, just to keep his hand in.· Although she has retired now, she keeps her hand in by giving her grandchildren music lessons.
activities people do in order to practise things you do regularly in order to get better at something, or an occasion when you do these things: · You're getting better - you just need a little more practice.· I try and get some practice in before classes.· There are only three more practices before the concert.piano/football/choir etc practice: · I scored two goals at hockey practice tonight.· Are you going to choir practice?
time that you spend practising and doing exercise in order to get better at a sport: · The team captain got a knee injury during training.a training course/session/programme etc: · Training sessions are on Saturdays at 10 a.m.
an occasion when all the people in a play, concert etc practise it in order to prepare for it to be performed for the public: · Changes to the script are often made during rehearsal.rehearsal of: · We're having our first rehearsal of 'Hamlet' tonight.dress rehearsal (=when everyone wears the clothes they will be wearing in the actual play): · Wednesday's dress rehearsal went fairly smoothly.
when you practise a play, speech, piece of music etc by reading or playing it from start to finish: · Let's have one more run-through and then finish for today.· The cast could all have done with an extra run-through of some of the songs.
an event in which you practise something by doing it from start to finish, especially in order to make sure that it will work or happen successfully: · One of the pilots made an error during the dry run of the mission.· The recording was intended to be a dry run, but Warfield sang the song flawlessly.
an activity that is designed to make you practise a particular skill within a larger subject or area of activity: · The exercises in Chapter 3 are helpful for students learning the future tense.· a book of guitar exercises to improve finger flexibility
when you have not practised for a long time if your skill at something is rusty , it is not as good as it used to be, because you have not used it for a long time: · My Spanish is pretty rusty.· I hadn't practiced for a long time, so I was really rusty.
if you are out of practice , you cannot do something as well as you could in the past, because you have not done it for a long time: · Sam said he's a little out of practice, but he'll play if we need him.
when the real situation is different from what people think especially spoken used to tell or ask someone what the real situation is, when they think it is something different: · "Here's the $10 I owe you." "Actually, you owe me 20."· Did he actually hit you or just threaten you?· It turns out that one of the children I thought was a girl was actually a boy.
used to tell someone what the real situation is, when they think it is something different. Actually is more informal and is used more in conversation than in fact . Actually is also used more in questions than in fact . Actually is often used at the beginning of a sentence that answers a question, but in fact is not.: · He said it would be cheap but in fact it cost over £200.· No, I'm not offended at all. In fact, I'm glad you asked the question.in actual fact/in point of fact: · They seem to think that building a new road will improve the traffic problem, whereas in point of fact it will make it worse.· There are almost 200,000 possible combinations of symbols. In actual fact, only a small number of these are used.
spoken used to say what the truth is, especially because something about the situation may make people believe something that is wrong: · He failed his tests, but he's quite a bright guy, really.· Are you sure she's really a lawyer? She doesn't act like one.· They're asking £600,000 for the house. That's more than it's really worth.
used to introduce the second part of a statement when you want to show that the first part is not true or exact: · It seems like just yesterday, but in reality it was five years ago.· Nowadays owning a car may appear to be a necessity, but in reality it isn't.· They say that the economy is already coming out of the recession, but the reality is that there has been no improvement at all.the reality of the situation is: · The reality of the situation is that by sending drug users to jail, the government may be discouraging people from seeking treatment.
used to show what the real truth or fact is in a situation, when this is surprising or different from what people believed was true: · The truth was that she did not enjoy getting together with the rest of her family.· The fact is he was murdered. He didn't commit suicide at all.· I may make it all look easy, but the truth is I work very hard.
used to show the difference between what is supposed to happen according to a rule or law, and what does happen: · Teenagers are not allowed to drink in bars, but in practice they often do.· Economic predictions are highly theoretical. It's what they mean in practice that is important.in theory ... in practice: · The law seemed like a good idea in theory, but in practice it has proved far too expensive.
used to show what really happens, even though this was not clear from what was said or done: · Foreign companies have been effectively running the country for decades.· Management seems to be saying, in effect, that if we don't like the offer, we can all quit.
dishonest behaviour dishonest behaviour: · Are you accusing me of dishonesty?· The report accuses both politicians of dishonesty and of misrepresenting the facts.
when someone who works for the government, the police etc uses their power dishonestly to get money or gain an advantage: · The chief of police was forced to resign after allegations of corruption.· The administration has frequently been accused of corruption and abuse of power.widespread corruption: · Corruption has become so widespread there that you almost can't imagine the system working without it.
when someone offers money to a politician or government official in order to persuade them to do something: · Officials said the bribery investigation would continue.· US firms are alleged to have used bribery to win contracts.· Several politicians are linked to the bribery and sex scandal.bribery and corruption: · One of Murrow's chief campaign promises was to do something about bribery and corruption.
American dishonest behaviour by politicians who accept money from companies in return for helping them: · Stevens was in court yesterday facing charges of graft and tax evasion.· A major investigation is underway to root out graft there, he said.
British business activities or ways of making money that are clever and dishonest, though not actually illegal: · We couldn't discover anything specific, but there was definitely some sharp practice going on.· His grandfather had made a fortune out of a piece of commercial sharp practice in the 19th century.
dishonest activities that are designed to gain political advantage, for example by spreading false information about your opponents: · Burrows denied that members of his election staff had been involved in dirty tricks.· The book focuses on the dirty tricks, break-ins, and illegal campaign contributions of the 1972 presidential election.dirty tricks campaign: · They had carried out a dirty tricks campaign to discredit opposition leaders.
to do something that has already been planned or ordered to do something that has been planned or that someone has asked you to do: carry out tests/research/a search etc: · Police are carrying out a thorough search of the area.· Technicians carried out extensive tests on the equipment.carry out somebody's orders/instructions/wishes: · If my instructions had been carried out, the accident would not have happened.carry out a threat/promise: · The terrorists carried out their threat and shot two of the hostages.
formal to do something that you have carefully planned or that you have agreed to do - used especially in official, legal, or business contexts: · We will not be able to execute the programs without more funding.· The directors make the decisions, but it's the managers who have to execute them.· The goal of landing people on Mars will not be an easy one to execute.
formal to do something after an official decision has been made that it should be done: implement a plan/a proposal/recommendations/policy etc: · We need a strategy that can be implemented quickly.· Very few parties in government ever want to implement major political reform.· An international team has been set up to implement recent UN recommendations.
if you put an idea or something you have learned into practice, you use it in your work or in your life, and you find out if it is effective: · The office has been slow to put the new proposals into practice.· A lot of these modern theories about teaching sound really good until you actually try and put them into practice.
informal to successfully do what other people have asked you to do or expect you to do - used especially in business: · What the country needs is an economic and political system capable of delivering the goods.· When the company's director failed to come up with the goods, he was out.
what people usually do something that you do regularly without thinking about it, because you have done it so many times before: · My father had some rather strange habits, like reading the newspaper in the bath.be in the habit of doing something: · She was in the habit of taking a walk in the early evening.not be in the habit of doing something: · I'm not in the habit of going to bars during the day.get into the habit of doing something: · He had got into the habit of phoning home during the day.
a series of things that someone usually does in the same order, especially when it is the same every day: · His routine consisted of work, dinner, then TV and bed.· Most babies soon develop a daily routine of eating and sleeping.· She does not like having her work routine interrupted.
the way that something is usually done in a particular situation or within a particular organization: · Checking police records of new staff is standard practice these days.it is standard practice (for somebody) to do something: · In the 1930s, it was standard practice for workers to have seven days' holiday a year.· It's standard practice for the architects and builders to haggle over costs.
WORD SETSassociated company, nounboardroom, nounBros., cartel, nounchain, nounCo., collective, nouncom, concern, nounconglomerate, nouncontractor, nounco-op, nouncooperative, adjectivecooperative, nounCorp., corporate, adjectivecorporation, noundivision, noundivisional, adjectiveempire, nounenterprise, nounexecutive, adjectiveexpand, verbexpansion, nounfail, verbgiant, noungroup, nounInc., incorporated, adjectiveindie, nounindustrial espionage, nounin-house, adjectiveinside, adverbinterest, nounjoint-stock company, nounlimited company, nounLtd, Messrs, multinational, adjectivemultinational, nounnewspaper, nounoutsourcing, nounparent company, nounpayroll, nounplc, nounpractice, nounprofit and loss account, nounproprietary, adjectivepty, public company, nounpublic corporation, nounpublic limited company, nounreceivership, nounregistered office, nounshipper, nounsubsidiary, nounsupplier, nountakeover, nountop-heavy, adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs Having more than one wife is a normal and accepted practice in some countries.
· Have you done your piano practice?
American English (=do practice)· If he’d done badly, he’d go out and take extra batting practice.
(=do practice)· I’m not a very good dancer. I haven’t had enough practice.
· You must get as much practice as possible before the competition.
· She needs more practice.
(=you can only learn to do it well by practising)· Writing well takes practice.
NOUN + practice· Dale was at football practice.
· I’ve got to do my cello practice.
· We'd better do a bit of batting practice before the game.
· There's choir practice on Tuesday evening.
· Have you got band practice tonight?
(=practice shooting at something)· The area is used by the army for target practice.
· You have to do three months of teaching practice before you qualify.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Having more than one wife is a normal and accepted practice in some countries. British English age-old customs
age-old customs (=rules for people in a particular profession or business)· There is a strict code of conduct for doctors.
(=a particular way of doing something, that is accepted as the best way)· Not allowing patients to eat before surgery is established practice.
· Schools say they have to spend too much time doing exam practice.
· Have you done your piano practice?
· He crashed during a practice session before this Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix.
(=the usual way of doing things) Searching luggage at airports is now standard practice.
Searching luggage at airports is now standard practice. British English, student teaching American English (=a period of teaching done by someone who is training to be a teacher)· There were 90 hours of teaching practice, of which 20 were supervised.
· She supported me enthusiastically in bringing in new work practices.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Is clinical practice supervised and formally assessed before course completion?· How much control of clinical practice should be included in the monitoring schemes?· Measurement of the albumin excretion rate requires an accurately timed collection of urine, which is difficult in routine clinical practice.· Patients treated with triple therapy, however, complain of considerable side effects which endangers compliance in routine clinical practice.· In clinical practice grommet insertion may be performed for a number of different indications apart from hearing loss.· His monument in clinical practice was the model child guidance service in the then Borough of West Ham.· Modern routine clinical practice however offers something of a dilution of the original Jacobsonian relaxation techniques.
· Teachers who use these books can draw on the banks of ideas they provide to extend and diversify their current practice.· This approach tends to preserve previous spending patterns because planned expenditure is based on historical and current practice.· The compulsory and emergency nature of the initial admission, however, is no different from the trend in current practice.· First, however, consideration must be given to the other major approach to assessment that informs current practice.· We begin therefore by considering our current practice, and then looking at how the National Curriculum fits in.· There are obviously many questions to ask in matching current practice with the new programmes.· The way that university library budgets are calculated is changing, and there is no reliable overview of current practice.
· Preventative medicine should be practised in every general practice surgery in the country.· I spent more time with the law, along with family, in a general, small practice.· The model that we have developed is to attach students in pairs to a general practice tutor in a teaching practice.· The second phase would be carried out by the dispersal of nurses and psychologists into general practice surgeries and day hospitals.· However, his prospects then are better than in general practice.· Editor, - Renewed interest in the activities and professional training of counsellors in general practice is welcome.· Nor was this general practice in Abraham's tie.· This approach would have to be aimed primarily at general practice.
· Education minister Estelle Morris has persuaded the company to work with 50 beacon schools to spread best practice.· The Centre will develop scenarios on emerging international markets in services, establish a database and produce company cases recording best practice.· It is good practice to make a note of the client's telephone number on the file.· Family health services authorities should foster good practice by disseminating information.· This might well be good practice in the county court.· Whatever the degree of response finally obtained it is good practice to investigate possible non-randomness and hence bias.· Provided such views are informed by good practice teachers should remain confident of their own expertise.· The first example is the view that it is good primary practice to have children working in groups.
· No doubt many fewer laymen are aware of the parallel legal practice of precedent.· I am now looking forward to applying this experience in the context of a legal practice.· Strict conventionalism fails as an interpretation of our legal practice even when especially when - we emphasize its negative part.· Bill padding has become so endemic to legal practice that it is generally regarded as a joke.· So unilateralism is not even a remotely eligible interpretation of our legal conduct and practice.· What happened next is significant to people who are familiar with law enforcement and legal practice in Dallas.· Conveyancing is an area of legal practice where there is traditionally some degree of co-operation between practitioners.· I follow a basic rule of legal practice: Establish the price, get the money, then go to work.
· In the 1660s and 1670s Coxe established a successful medical practice in London.· Efforts were made to curb unlicensed medical practice and to improve the standards of that profession.· This duty to disclose is not limited by medical practice, it is set by law.· The Moniz medical practice was disrupted by demonstrators opposed to psychosurgery.· Modern medical practice, particularly with older people, has many shortcomings about which the counsellor needs to be aware.· The parties were partners in a general medical practice in central London.· Assessing standards and comparing outcomes are important in medical practice and allow comparison of different units and appropriate allocation of resources.
· The management of Disinfection Disinfection in normal practice presents a challenge to management.· But the new law failed to change normal practice, and such cases remained rare.· The normal practice is to appoint a Cabinet of fifteen to twenty-five members.· I gather this is normal practice but I find it a little unreasonable.· Motorcycles would be kept out by barriers at each end - this is normal practice for cycle/pedestrian paths.· It is normal practice for the vendor to disclose various documents to the purchaser as part of the disclosure exercise.· Ingle was kept in a sedated coma, normal practice in such cases.· Live plucking was normal practice by the commoners, in order to ensure quills of the best quality.
· Instead of going into private practice, or after some years of practice, the solicitor may seek an appointment.· Even after he left government for private practice, Quinn was able to reach Holder on the telephone.· Articles which are available in commerce or industry may well include a period in private practice.· The study was of 482 children who were cared for by a private pediatric practice in suburban Philadelphia.· This latter point was supported by a small number of respondents from private practice.· Daley had, in fact, only recently gone into private practice with his friend Lynch.· Solicitors and barristers in private practice are in business and must make a profit to survive.· Registered dietitians can be located through hospitals and clinics, and many are in private practice.
· In addition many courses involve periods of unpaid professional practice and work experience within the academic year.· For each professional within the practice a training programme should be devised.· These courses are strongly orientated towards industry and professional practice.· The only reason for defining abuse is to ensure that incidents are identified and reduced by good professional and managerial practice.· Council also approved in principle the text for a booklet Guidance on professional conduct incorporating a code of professional practice.· The Sub-Committee continued its review of the professional practice examination system.· The procedures adopted on enquiries are a complete contrast to those in professional practice.· Incentives Payment by results is a dangerous area in a professional practice.
· She reviews the philosophies that have shaped the acquisition of knowledge and skill development in social group work practice.· This reflects many of the factors already discussed about the development of social work practice with old people.· The chapter concludes with some examples of how insights gained from psychotherapy can be useful in social work practice.· Many support activities utilized traditional social work skills and were indistinguishable from much social work practice.· Lukács claimed that labour became the model for any social practice.· How many other aspects of social work practice could benefit from a fundamental reappraisal of guiding philosophies?· It is particularly appropriate for social work practice with vulnerable elderly people.· Communication is a social practice and even if systematic distortion is removed, existential determination is not.
· Bail conditions appear also to have become a standard practice in public order cases.· But fee waiving is standard practice among money funds.· This is standard practice, but such an event is unlikely.· This, I learned, was standard practice when a customer was about to be sacrificed for the greater good of Salomon.· The first is the wide variation in specification and finish that are standard practice in the motor industry.· Such abbreviated language is standard practice and will be widely adopted in the remainder of this book.· This was, in fact, standard practice and Barratt was fully aware of it.· Philip Redfern suggested it should become standard practice for statisticians to put their professional advice on the record.
NOUN· There are also extensive entries on classroom practice, teaching methods, the language laboratory and the psychology of learning.· It sought continually to encourage teachers to reevaluate classroom practice - both in curriculum content and methodology.· Nor did everyone see the need for an update on current classroom practice.· The great majority of practitioners proclaimed their belief in the only way they could - through sound classroom practice.· The desire is rarely reflected in classroom practice.· How many of them led to changes in classroom practice?· First, it is clear that the way classroom practice is defined and talked about must change.· Details of different methods of using the program and examples of classroom practice will be helpful.
· It is merely target practice using live targets.· He knew that on these streets young kids with guns used people on the sidewalks for target practice.· Firstly in a country full of guns it doesn't do to stand there asking to become target practice.· A downtown establishment has always made for satisfying target practice.· After sundown, a bit of target practice on the estate, using his collection of sophisticated weapons.· For the cynics of the world, Philip Gould is easy target practice.· It ensured that no trigger-happy missile controller would fail to observe the safety precautions and attempt a little target practice.· Prisoners taken were blinded, mutilated, dragged behind the hooves of horses and used as target practice by archers.
· Term 5 contains a block teaching practice, and thus the course has a programme allocation of five weeks.· Parental involvement is crucial, both in terms of political campaigning and in terms of developing relevant language teaching practice.· The model that we have developed is to attach students in pairs to a general practice tutor in a teaching practice.· This effectively reduces the teaching practice experience to years four and six.· Students are invited to undertake a programme combining, concurrently, the traditional teaching practice with a social work placement.· It is easy to understand the excitement that such new teaching practice could generate.· I expect that I shall think of the term's work as a preparation for the second teaching practice.· They had 100 hours and 120 hours of teaching practice respectively.
· The next chapter explores social work practice where a family member begins to need residential care.· She reviews the philosophies that have shaped the acquisition of knowledge and skill development in social group work practice.· This reflects many of the factors already discussed about the development of social work practice with old people.· The chapter concludes with some examples of how insights gained from psychotherapy can be useful in social work practice.· Many support activities utilized traditional social work skills and were indistinguishable from much social work practice.· How many other aspects of social work practice could benefit from a fundamental reappraisal of guiding philosophies?· It is particularly appropriate for social work practice with vulnerable elderly people.· Investigative child protection interviews are one of the most challenging areas of social work practice.
VERB· It was accepted as a general practice that children would be better educated in the sending country after the age of seven.· Process assessments compare the documented care with what is accepted as optimum practice based on current scientific nutrition knowledge and expert opinion.· Secondly, I find it impossible to accept that general practice is a specialty.· I realized in my reaction to all this how Westernized I had become, for this was very much an accepted practice.· Hayek accepts the primacy of practice in the construction of human knowledge.· So we recommend that advance notification of commission should come to be accepted as good trading practice.
· Ashore, Stan Weatherall and Peter Harris followed the general practice in a beach-head: lending a hand where they could.· A rather typical instance of the way such fears develop can be seen in the following incidents from our practice.· They can either follow customary practice and offer cash buyers a discount or charge the credit card buyer a surcharge.· Classes will be held daily from 8 to 10 p. m., followed by practice at local tango bars until midnight.· In choosing not to call the police but to take action himself, Mr Waller was following an escalating practice in Britain.· Where there is only one accepted practice, then following this practice will not amount to negligence.
· It's time to put his theories into practice and find out the reality.· Make a habit of putting your AH-HAs into practice as soon as possible alter reading them.· Anyway, you can't dismiss the experimental method just because some irrational people choose not to put the findings into practice.· While the federal policy shift began a decade ago, forest managers have been slow to put it into practice.· Many variations on the combination theme can be put into practice.· If so, he was about to have an opportunity to put it into practice.· How they were put into practice is discussed in Chapter Three.
· As with other subject areas of the course, electronic publishing is taught through theory and practice.· Like Zen meditation, sensory awareness is not a teaching but a practice....· On teaching practice the students operated quite differently from what would have happened under the old system.· There are still people out there who teach and practice fair play, sportsmanship, and competition.· He was a slightly-built student called Abdulla, here on teaching practice.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- A lot of these modern theories about teaching sound really good until you actually try and put them into practice.
- New safety guidelines for factory workers will be put into practice next month.
- The office has been slow to put the new proposals into practice.
- But he came gradually to see its viability and to contemplate ways of putting it into practice.
- Jeremy Taylor is some one who can afford to put his principles into practice.
- Last week appeared to be the point at which he put the promise into practice.
- Let's hope some of our little fire raisers don't manage to get there and put the ad into practice.
- Make a habit of putting your AH-HAs into practice as soon as possible alter reading them.
- The next step is to put them into practice.
- Trials Lack of resources to put your visions into practice.
- While the federal policy shift began a decade ago, forest managers have been slow to put it into practice.
- I'd love to play tennis with you, but I'm really out of practice.
- Sam said he's a little out of practice, but he'll play if we need him.
- Finally, Mr Shapiro points out, practice makes perfect.
- Whatever caulk you use, remember that practice makes perfect.
- Economic predictions are highly theoretical. It's what they mean in practice that is important.
- In practice, the city's transportation system is very inefficient.
- Teenagers are not allowed to drink in bars, but in practice they often do.
- The law seemed like a good idea in theory, but in practice it has proved far too expensive.
- It is normal practice for the definitive sale and purchase agreement to be drafted by the acquirer's solicitors.
- It is normal practice for the heads to specify that each party will be responsible for the costs of its own advisers.
- It is normal practice for the purchaser to order a survey for two reasons.
- It is normal practice for the vendor to disclose various documents to the purchaser as part of the disclosure exercise.
- Motorcycles would be kept out by barriers at each end - this is normal practice for cycle/pedestrian paths.
- The first is the wide variation in specification and finish that are standard practice in the motor industry.
- This is standard practice, but such an event is unlikely.
- Whatever the circumstances, it is standard practice in embryo transfer to introduce several embryos at a time.
- An annex citing examples of good practice would also be helpful.
- Carlesimo said Tuesday, adding that Marshall had just put in his best practice of camp.
- It is good practice to make a note of the client's telephone number on the file.
- Supporters of those with special needs should be exemplars of such good practice.
- The good practice presented in Table 2 and Appendix 3 addresses many of the factors important to the control of risk.
- There is a danger in the search for good practice of looking only at those schools with good academic records.
- These premises are often inadequate to support good practice.
- This week, for example, the permanent secretaries of all government departments will meet to discuss best practice in procurement.
- Today it is common practice to let children choose their own topics for writing.
- Forest managers have been slow to put the plan into practice.
- But he came gradually to see its viability and to contemplate ways of putting it into practice.
- But there is a long way to go before he establishes a stable government that can put these qualities into action.
- Charles, however, was determined to use the farm at Highgrove as a model to put his ideas into practice.
- Guide us to recognise how great are your resources, and inspire us to put your plans into action.
- If so, he was about to have an opportunity to put it into practice.
- It's time to put his theories into practice and find out the reality.
- The next stage is to implement it or put it into action.
- The next step is to put them into practice.
- His grandfather had made a fortune out of a piece of commercial sharp practice in the 19th century.
- We couldn't discover anything specific, but there was definitely some sharp practice going on.
- Any kind of sharp practice or dishonest dealing will infallibly ruin his career.
- At times these adjustments verge on sharp practice enabled by the fact that ingredients do not have to be revealed.
- But trams also had to face some sharp practice from competing bus companies.
- In it he mentions several examples of sharp practice in the laboratory, one or two of which are new to me.
- Recognising sharp practice in their dealers from the outset, they would be less likely to blame them for huge losses.
- But it will coincide with political pressure for doctors to accept fundamental changes in their working practices.
- However, only 44% had changed their working practices.
- New working practices would be introduced once passenger services were privatised which would be more flexible.
- The accident happened because of a culture in which working practices were not checked, Whitehaven magistrates heard.
- The courses, examinations and working practices have been based on their perceptions.
- Their work allowed them to identify working methods and the characteristics of particular ateliers.
- Those familiar with the work and working methods of Frank Auerbach may find all this oddly familiar.
WORD FAMILYnounpracticepractitioneradjectivepractised/practicedpractising/practicingverbpractise/practice
1a skill [countable, uncountable] when you do a particular thing, often regularly, in order to improve your skill at it: It takes hours of practice to learn to play the guitar. With a little more practice you should be able to pass your test. We have choir practice on Tuesday evening.in practice for something Schumacher crashed out in practice for the Australian grand prix.football/rugby/basketball etc practice John’s at baseball practice. ► In British English, the verb is always spelled practise (see separate entry). In American English, both noun and verb are spelled practice.2in practice used when saying what really happens rather than what should happen or what people think happens: In practice women receive much lower wages than their male colleagues. The journey should only take about 30 minutes, but in practice it usually takes more like an hour.3something done often [countable, uncountable] something that people do often, especially a particular way of doing something or a social or religious custom: religious beliefs and practices dangerous working practicesthe practice of doing something the practice of dumping waste into the sea► see thesaurus at habit4doctor/lawyer [countable] the work of a doctor or lawyer, or the place where they workmedical/legal practice Mary Beth had a busy legal practice in Los Angeles. → general practice, private practice5be common/standard/normal practice to be the usual and accepted way of doing something: It’s common practice in many countries for pupils to repeat a year if their grades are low. It’s standard practice to seek parents’ permission wherever possible.6good/best/bad practice an example of a good or bad way of doing something, especially in a particular job: It’s not considered good practice to reveal clients’ names.7put something into practice if you put an idea, plan etc into practice, you start to use it and see if it is effective: It gave him the chance to put his ideas into practice.8be out of practice to have not done something for a long time, so that you are not able to do it well9practice makes perfect used to say that if you do an activity regularly, you will become very good at itCOLLOCATIONSverbsdo practice· Have you done your piano practice?take practice American English (=do practice)· If he’d done badly, he’d go out and take extra batting practice.have some/more etc practice (=do practice)· I’m not a very good dancer. I haven’t had enough practice.get some practice· You must get as much practice as possible before the competition.need practice· She needs more practice.something takes practice (=you can only learn to do it well by practising)· Writing well takes practice.NOUN + practicefootball/basketball etc practice· Dale was at football practice.piano/cello etc practice· I’ve got to do my cello practice.batting/catching etc practice· We'd better do a bit of batting practice before the game.choir practice· There's choir practice on Tuesday evening.band practice· Have you got band practice tonight?target practice (=practice shooting at something)· The area is used by the army for target practice.teaching practice· You have to do three months of teaching practice before you qualify.