Practice

Word PRACTICE
Character 8
Hyphenation prac tice
Pronunciations /ˈpɹæktɪs/

Definitions and meanings of "Practice"

What do we mean by practice?

To do or perform habitually or customarily; make a habit of. intransitive verb

To do or perform (something) repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill. intransitive verb

To give lessons or repeated instructions to; drill. intransitive verb

To work at, especially as a profession. intransitive verb

To carry out in action; observe. intransitive verb

To plot (something evil). intransitive verb

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

To work at a profession. intransitive verb

To do or perform something habitually or repeatedly. intransitive verb

To intrigue or plot. intransitive verb

A habitual or customary action or way of doing something. noun

Repeated performance of an activity in order to learn or perfect a skill. noun

A session of preparation or performance undertaken to acquire or polish a skill. noun

The skill so learned or perfected. noun

The condition of being skilled through repeated exercise. noun

The act or process of doing something; performance or action. noun

Exercise of an occupation or profession. noun

The business of a professional person. noun

A habitual or customary action or act. noun

Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.

An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.

The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.

A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.

The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.

A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine.

Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.

The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts.

Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice.

A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.

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The word "practice" in example sentences

It is so little opposed to practice, that it is nothing but _practice explained_. ❋ Fr��d��ric Bastiat (1825)

Portis did say that his workload this week in practice is similar to last week. ❋ Rick Maese (2010)

The most obvious weakness of such techniques in practice is the worry that the auction house, which earns a revenue proportional to gross auction receipts, will use the information to push up prices by inserting fake bidders. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What this means in practice, is that a month after filing a CIA FOIA request, which can only be done via snail-mail or fax, you receive a letter that provides a case number and notification that your request is under review. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Watching what those guys do in practice is pretty impressive. ❋ Unknown (2009)

– What this does in practice is it lets the House take an action that allows the Senate bill to become law with no guarantee that the “fixes” that they vote for will also become law. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What this turns into in practice is TV ads about how Senator Joe Szilagyi voted to kill innocent puppies. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Of course, the project will only be considered successful if the formats and protocols developed are widely adopted: a standard in practice is worth more than a standard in theory. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But what that all amounts to in practice is “five years after the documents were relevant for a notice of assessment”. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Again practice, practice, practice is what it takes to be proficient. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But the way “present and voting” works in practice is very different. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What this does in practice is it lets the House take an action that allows the Senate bill to become law with no guarantee that the “fixes” that they vote for will also become law. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Actually, abortion in practice is almost always a back up contraception method. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Apparently nuance in practice is making mountains out of molehills. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What that means in practice is that women and men arrested for prostitution-related activities in street sweeps are diverted to FOPP programs and men can be charged $1000 to attend. ❋ Unknown (2008)

After reviewing the application of Stalin's "four commonalities," Hsieh Jiann concludes that "the approach towards ethnic identification in practice is more dependent on traditional uncritical enumeration rather than on the academic analysis of the ethnic construction," as there is little evidence to show that the four commonalities has been applied. 85 ❋ Unknown (2008)

How this will ever come to be or how it would work in practice is a good question. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This sounds easy, but in practice is incredibly difficult. ❋ Unknown (2008)

What this means, in practice, is that while I paid attention to your vlog, Julian, and found myself nodding at some points, shaking my head at some points, etc., ❋ Unknown (2007)

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