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Definitions of 'practice' Wordnet 

1. (noun) practice, pattern
a customary way of operation or behavior
"it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern"

2. (noun) exercise, practice, drill, practice session, recitation
systematic training by multiple repetitions
"practice makes perfect"

3. (noun) practice, praxis
translating an idea into action
"a hard theory to put into practice"; "differences between theory and praxis of communism"

4. (noun) practice
the exercise of a profession
"the practice of the law"; "I took over his practice when he retired"

5. (verb) practice
knowledge of how something is usually done
"it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner"

6. (verb) practice, practise, exercise, do
carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
"practice law"

7. (verb) drill, exercise, practice, practise
learn by repetition
"We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"

8. (verb) rehearse, practise, practice
engage in a rehearsal (of)

9. (verb) practice, apply, use
avail oneself to
"apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance"

10. (verb) commit, practice
engage in or perform
"practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"


Definitions of 'practice' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (noun) practice
frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of rising early; the practice of making regular entries of accounts; the practice of daily exercise

2. (noun) practice
customary or constant use; state of being used

3. (noun) practice
skill or dexterity acquired by use; expertness

4. (noun) practice
actual performance; application of knowledge; -- opposed to theory

5. (noun) practice
systematic exercise for instruction or discipline; as, the troops are called out for practice; she neglected practice in music

6. (noun) practice
application of science to the wants of men; the exercise of any profession; professional business; as, the practice of medicine or law; a large or lucrative practice

7. (noun) practice
skillful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; art; stratagem; artifice; plot; -- usually in a bad sense

8. (noun) practice
a easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business

9. (noun) practice
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

10. (verb) practice
to do or perform frequently, customarily, or habitually; to make a practice of; as, to practice gaming

11. (verb) practice
to exercise, or follow, as a profession, trade, art, etc., as, to practice law or medicine

12. (verb) practice
to exercise one's self in, for instruction or improvement, or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to practice gunnery; to practice music

13. (verb) practice
to put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do

14. (verb) practice
to make use of; to employ

15. (verb) practice
to teach or accustom by practice; to train

16. (verb) practice
to perform certain acts frequently or customarily, either for instruction, profit, or amusement; as, to practice with the broadsword or with the rifle; to practice on the piano

17. (verb) practice
to learn by practice; to form a habit

18. (verb) practice
to try artifices or stratagems

19. (verb) practice
to apply theoretical science or knowledge, esp. by way of experiment; to exercise or pursue an employment or profession, esp. that of medicine or of law


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