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prac·tise  (prkts)

v. & n. Chiefly British

Variant of practice.

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practis·er n.

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practise or US practice

Verb

[-tising, -tised] or -ticing, -ticed

1. to do repeatedly in order to gain skill

2. to take part in or follow (a religion etc.): none of them practise Islam

3. to work at (a profession): he originally intended to practise medicine

4. to do regularly: they practise meditation [Greek prattein to do]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	practise - engage in a rehearsal (of) rehearse, practice 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)
	2.	practise - carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions; "practice law" practice, exercise, do shamanise, shamanize - practice shamanism
	3.	practise - learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales" practice, drill, exercise learn, study, read, take - be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"

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practise

verb 1. rehearse, study, prepare, perfect, repeat, go through, polish, go over, refine, run through

verb 2. do, train, exercise, work out, drill, warm up, keep your hand in

verb 3. carry out, follow, apply, perform, observe, engage in, live up to, put into practice

verb 4. work at, pursue, carry on, undertake, specialize in, ply your trade

Translations

practise, practice (US) [ˈpræktɪs] vt (= carry out) → practicar [+ profession]; ejercer (= train at); practicar

vi → ejercer (= train); practicar

practise (US), practice [ˈpræktɪs] vt (= work at) [+ piano, backhand etc] → s'exercer à, travailler (= train for) [+ sport] → s'entraîner à [+ a sport, religion, method]; pratiquer [+ profession]; exercer

vi → s'exercer, travailler (= train); s'entraîner; [lawyer, doctor] → exercer;

to practise for a match → s'entraîner pour un match

practise (US) practice [ˈpræktɪs] vt (= train at) → üben (= carry out) [+ custom] → pflegen (= 000) [+ activity etc] → ausüben [+ profession]; praktizieren

vi (= train) → üben; [lawyer, doctor etc] → praktizieren

practise (US), practice [ˈpræktɪs] vt (= work at) [+ piano, one's backhand etc] → esercitarsi a (= train for) [+ skiing, running etc] → allenarsi a [+ a sport, religion]; praticare [+ method]; usare [+ profession]; esercitare

vi → esercitarsi (= train); allenarsi;

to practise for a match → allenarsi per una partita

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practise

v practise [ˈprӕktis]

1 to do exercises to improve one's performance in a particular skill etc She practises the piano every day; You must practise more if you want to enter the competition. oefen يَتَمَرَّن، يَتَدَرَّب упражнявам cvičit øve; træne üben εξασκούμαι entrenarse, ejercitarse harjutama تمرین کردن harjoitella (s')entraîner לְהִתאָמֵן अभ्यास करना vježbati (na glasoviru) gyakorol berlatih æfa (sig) esercitarsi a 練習する 연습하다, 실습하다 lavintis, treniruotis vingrināt[]; trenēt[] berlatih oefenen øve (seg i), trene ćwiczyć treinar(-se) a se antrena, a exersa тренироваться; упражняться cvičiť vaditi vežbati öva, träna ฝึกซ้อม alıştırma yapmak, çalışmak 實習，練習 практикувати(ся); тренувати(ся) مشق کرنا luyện tập 实习，练习

2 to make (something) a habit to practise self-control. beoefen يَتَمَرَّن، يَتَّخِذُ عادة имам навик praktikovat udøve ausüben εξασκώ, εφαρμόζω practicar, ejercer harjutama روالی را در پیش گرفتن harjoittaa (s')exercer (à) לְתַרגֵל का व्यवसाय करना, का काम करना uvježbavati gyakorol membiasakan sÿna í verki, ástunda mettere in pratica, seguire 行なう 늘 습관적으로 하다 ugdyti praktizēt; lietot; piekopt mengamalkan zich oefenen in trene seg i, utøve ćwiczyć praticar a face exerciţii de приобрести привычку praktizovať uriti se vežbati utöva, praktisera, tillämpa ทำเป็นประจำ alışkanlık haline getirmek, âdet edinmek 慣做，養成...的習慣 застосовувати عادت بنالينا rèn luyện 惯做，养成...的习惯

3 to do or follow (a profession, usually medicine or law) He practises (law) in London. praktiseer يُزاوِل مِهْنَه практикувам provozovat praktisere; udøve praktizieren (εξ)ασκώ (για επάγγελμα) ejercer, practicar praktiseerima انجام دادن harjoittaa exercer לַעֲסוֹק ב- की साधना करना vraditi folytat (mesterséget) buka praktek stunda esercitare 開業する (의사·변호사 등이) 개업하다, 영업하다 verstis (kokia) praktika strādāt (par ārstu/advokātu) menjalankan praktik beoefenen praktisere praktykować exercer a prac­tica, a profesa практиковать vykonávať, pracovať imeti prakso baviti se utöva, praktisera ฝึกหัด mesleğini icra etmek, doktor/dişçi olarak çalışmak; avukatlık/mimarlık yapmak 操持(專業等) займатися, практикувати ڈاکٹري يا وکالت کا پيشہ کرنا hành nghề 操持（专业等）

adj ˈpractised

skilled through much practice a practised performer. geoefende مُتَمَرِّن، مُدَرَّب، خَبير опитен zkušený erfaren; øvet geübt έμπειρος experto, de gran experiencia vilunud باتجربه harjaantunut expérimenté מְיוּמָן अभ्यस्त iskusan,vješt gyakorlott terlatih þjálfaður, reyndur esperto 熟練した 숙련된 įgudęs, išlavėjęs pieredzējis; trenēts terlatih geoefend øvet, dreven, rutinert wprawny experimentado ex­pe­ri­men­tat опытный skúsený izkušen iskusan driven, skicklig ที่ชำนาญ tecrübeli, deneyimli 熟練的，有經驗的 досвідчений, умілий مشاق có kinh nghiệm 熟练的，有经验的

practise is a verb: to practise (not practice ) the guitar.