practice

prac·tice  (prkts)

v. prac·ticed, prac·tic·ing, prac·tic·es

v.tr.

1. To do or perform habitually or customarily; make a habit of: practices courtesy in social situations.

2. To do or perform (something) repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill: practice a dance step.

3. To give lessons or repeated instructions to; drill: practiced the students in handwriting.

4. To work at, especially as a profession: practice law.

5. To carry out in action; observe: practices a religion piously.

6. Obsolete To plot (something evil).

v.intr.

1. To do or perform something habitually or repeatedly.

2. To do something repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill.

3. To work at a profession.

4. Archaic To intrigue or plot.

n.

1. A habitual or customary action or way of doing something: makes a practice of being punctual.

2.

a. Repeated performance of an activity in order to learn or perfect a skill: Practice will make you a good musician.

b. A session of preparation or performance undertaken to acquire or polish a skill: goes to piano practice weekly; scheduled a soccer practice for Saturday.

c. Archaic The skill so learned or perfected.

d. The condition of being skilled through repeated exercise: out of practice.

3. The act or process of doing something; performance or action: a theory that is difficult to put into practice.

4. Exercise of an occupation or profession: the practice of law.

5. The business of a professional person: an obstetrician with her own practice.

6. A habitual or customary action or act. Often used in the plural: That company engages in questionable business practices. Facial tattooing is a standard practice among certain peoples.

7. Law The methods of procedure used in a court of law.

8. Archaic

a. The act of tricking or scheming, especially with malicious intent.

b. A trick, scheme, or intrigue.

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[Middle English practisen, from Old French practiser, alteration of practiquer, from practique, practice, from Medieval Latin prctica; see practicable.]

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practic·er n.

Synonyms: practice, exercise, rehearse
These verbs mean to do repeatedly to acquire or maintain proficiency: practice the shot put; exercising one's wits; rehearsed the play for 14 days. See Also Synonyms at habit.

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practice

Noun

1. something done regularly or repeatedly

2. repetition of an activity in order to gain skill: regular practice is essential if you want to play an instrument well

3. the business or surgery of a doctor or lawyer

4. the act of doing something: I'm not sure how effective these methods will be when put into practice

5. in practice

a. what actually happens as distinct from what is supposed to happen: many ideas which look good on paper just don't work in practice

b. skilled in something through having had a lot of regular recent experience at it: I still go shooting, just to keep in practice

6. out of practice not having had much regular recent experience at an activity: although out of practice, I still love playing my violin [Greek praktikē practical work]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	practice - a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern" pattern activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" biologism - use of biological principles in explaining human especially social behavior cooperation - the practice of cooperating; "economic cooperation"; "they agreed on a policy of cooperation" featherbedding - the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required formalism - the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms one-upmanship - the practice of keeping one jump ahead of a friend or competitor pluralism - the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time symbolism, symbolization, symbolisation - the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning modernism - practices typical of contemporary life or thought occult arts, occult - supernatural practices and techniques; "he is a student of the occult" ornamentalism - the practice of ornamental display cannibalism - the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind careerism - the practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity custom, usage, usance - accepted or habitual practice habitude - habitual mode of behavior fashion - characteristic or habitual practice lobbyism - the practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist slaveholding, slavery - the practice of owning slaves peonage - the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged unwritten law - law based on customary behavior lynch law - the practice of punishing people by hanging without due process of law mistreatment - the practice of treating (someone or something) badly; "he should be punished for his mistreatment of his mother" nonconformism - the practice of nonconformity calisthenics, callisthenics - the practice of calisthenic exercises; "calisthenics is recommended for general good health" popery, papism - offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church quotation - the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.; "since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation" ritual - the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies ritualism - exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship naturism, nudism - going without clothes as a social practice systematism - the habitual practice of systematization and classification cross dressing, transvestism, transvestitism - the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex
	2.	practice - systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect" practice session, drill, exercise, recitation grooming, training, preparation - activity leading to skilled behavior fire drill - an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire manual of arms, manual - (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle military drill - training in marching and the use of weapons rehearsal - (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory dry run, rehearsal - a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert); "he missed too many rehearsals"; "a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding" brushup, review - practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory scrimmage - (American football) practice play between a football team's squads shadowboxing - sparring with an imaginary opponent (for exercise or training) target practice - practice in shooting at targets
	3.	practice - translating an idea into action; "a hard theory to put into practice"; "differences between theory and praxis of communism" praxis effectuation, implementation - the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect
	4.	practice - the exercise of a profession; "the practice of the law"; "I took over his practice when he retired" consultancy - the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field; "a business management consultancy" cosmetology - the practice of beautifying the face and hair and skin dental practice - the practice of dentistry law practice - the practice of law medical practice - the practice of medicine optometry - the practice of an optometrist private practice - the practice of a profession independently and not as an employee; "he teaches at the medical school but his fortune came from private practice"; "lawyers in private practice are in business and must make a profit to survive" usage, use, utilisation, utilization, exercise, employment - the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" witching - the use or practice of witchcraft
	5.	practice - knowledge of how something is usually done; "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner" cognition, knowledge, noesis - the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning custom, tradition - a specific practice of long standing normal, convention, rule, pattern, formula - something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors" heritage - practices that are handed down from the past by tradition; "a heritage of freedom"
Verb	1.	practice - carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions; "practice law" exercise, practise, do shamanise, shamanize - practice shamanism
	2.	practice - learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales" drill, practise, exercise learn, study, read, take - be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"
	3.	practice - engage in a rehearsal (of) practise, rehearse performing arts - arts or skills that require public performance perform, do, execute - carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" walk through - perform in a perfunctory way, as for a first rehearsal scrimmage - practice playing (a sport)
	4.	practice - avail oneself to; "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance" use, apply apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer" follow - adhere to or practice; "These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion"
	5.	practice - engage in or perform; "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness" commit engage, pursue, prosecute - carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"

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practice

noun 1. custom, use, way, system, rule, method, tradition, habit, routine, mode, usage, wont, praxis, usual procedure, tikanga N.Z.

noun 2. training, study, exercise, work-out, discipline, preparation, drill, rehearsal, repetition

noun 3. profession, work, business, career, occupation, pursuit, vocation

4. business, company, office, firm, enterprise, partnership, outfit (informal)

noun 5. use, experience, action, effect, operation, application, enactment

Translations

practice [ˈpræktɪs] n (= habit) → costumbre f (= exercise); práctica (= training); adiestramiento;

(MED) → clientela

vt, vi (US) = practise;

in practice (in reality) → en la práctica;

out of practice → desentrenado;

to put sth into practice → poner algo en práctica;

it's common practice → es bastante corriente;

target practice → práctica de tiro;

he has a small practice [doctor] → tiene pocos pacientes;

to set up in practice as → establecerse como

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practice [ˈpræktɪs] n → pratique f [of profession]; exercice m;

(at football etc) → entraînement m (= business); cabinet m; clientèle f

vt, vi (US) = practise;

in practice (= in reality) → en pratique;

out of practice → rouillé(e);

2 hours' piano practice → 2 heures de travail or d'exercices au piano;

target practice → exercices de tir;

it's common practice → c'est courant, ça se fait couramment;

to put sth into practice → mettre qch en pratique

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practice [ˈpræktɪs] n (also Med, Law) → Praxis f (= custom); Brauch m;

(exercise) → Übung f

vt, vi (US) = practise;

in practice → in der Praxis;

out of practice → aus der Übung;

2 hours' piano practice → 2 Stunden Klavierübungen;

it's common or standard practice → es ist allgemein üblich;

to put sth into practice → etw in die Praxis umsetzen;

target practice → Zielschießen nt

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practice [ˈpræktɪs] n → pratica; [of profession] → esercizio;

(at football etc) → allenamento;

(business) → gabinetto; clientela

vt, vi (US) = practise;

in practice (= in reality) → in pratica;

out of practice → fuori esercizio;

2 hours' piano practice → 2 ore di esercizio al pianoforte;

it's common practice → è d'uso;

to put sth into practice → mettere qc in pratica;

target practice → pratica di tiro