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.
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),prac·ticed,prac·tic·ing.
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),prac·ticed,prac·tic·ing.
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.
Also British, prac·tise(for defs. 11-19) .
Origin of practice
1375–1425; (v.) late Middle English practisen, practizen (<Middle French pra(c)tiser) <Medieval Latin prāctizāre, alteration of prācticāre, derivative of prāctica practical work <Greek prāktikḗ noun use of feminine of prāktikóspractic; see -ize; (noun) late Middle English, derivative of the v.
SYNONYMS FOR practice
3 application.
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synonym study for practice
2. See custom. 3. See exercise.
OTHER WORDS FROM practice
prac·tic·er,nounmis·prac·tice,noun,verb,mis·prac·ticed,mis·prac·tic·ing.non·prac·tice,nounoutpractice,verb (used with object),out·prac·ticed,out·prac·tic·ing.
o·ver·prac·tice,verb (used with object),o·ver·prac·ticed,o·ver·prac·tic·ing.pre·prac·tice,verb,pre·prac·ticed,pre·prac·tic·ing.re·prac·tice,verb (used with object),re·prac·ticed,re·prac·tic·ing.
Words nearby practice
practicalism, practical joke, practically, practical nurse, practical reason, practice, practiced, Practice makes perfect, practice-teach, Practice what you preach, practicing
On the other hand, if global emissions drop, deforestation decreases, and better fire management practices are applied locally, fires may not increase as much.
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The only thing we receive are updates related to the Patrick Henry cheer program along with practice information that are signed by Patrick Henry Head Cheer Coach Jill Clark.
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The organization also did not respond when asked if it had investigated or planned to investigate potential racial disparities in discharge practices.
The Hospital System Sent Patients With Coronavirus Home to Die. Louisiana Legislators Are Demanding an Investigation.|by Annie Waldman and Joshua Kaplan|September 14, 2020|ProPublica
Hardly any states followed the practices that had worked well elsewhere.
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As a means of preventing tooth decay in those cities that do fluoridate, the practice certainly looks like a success.
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The men use the dolls to practice the basics of caring for babies.
How Good Dads Can Change the World|Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
DeCrow would come to lead a movement against this practice, suing the Hotel Syracuse in 1969 and calling for protests and sit-ins.
The Bars That Made America Great|Nina Strochlic|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The WHO has agreed to meet with Yang and a number of Chinese NGOs to discuss a broader ruling on the practice.