Definitions for practice
ˈpræk tɪsprac·tice

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 4 votes

1. practice, patternnoun

   a customary way of operation or behavior

   "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern"

2. exercise, practice, drill, practice session, recitationnoun

   systematic training by multiple repetitions

   "practice makes perfect"

3. practice, praxisnoun

   translating an idea into action

   "a hard theory to put into practice"; "differences between theory and praxis of communism"

4. practicenoun

   the exercise of a profession

   "the practice of the law"; "I took over his practice when he retired"

5. practiceverb

   knowledge of how something is usually done

   "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner"

6. practice, practise, exercise, doverb

   carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions

   "practice law"

7. drill, exercise, practice, practiseverb

   learn by repetition

   "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"

8. rehearse, practise, practiceverb

   engage in a rehearsal (of)

9. practice, apply, useverb

   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. commit, practiceverb

    engage in or perform

    "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. practicenoun

   Repetition of an activity to improve skill.

   He will need lots of practice with those lines before he performs them.

2. practicenoun

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

3. practicenoun

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

   She ran a thriving medical practice.

4. practicenoun

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

5. practicenoun

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

6. practicenoun

   Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.

   That may work in practice, but will it work in theory?

7. practicenoun

   synonym for "practice of law" or the methods and procedures appurtenant thereto, particularly with regard to special actions such as "motion practice", "trail practice", etc. Also with regard to specialties, eg., "family law practice", "media law practice"

8. practiceverb

   To repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.

   You should practice playing piano every day.

9. practiceverb

   To repeat an activity in this way.

   If you want to speak French well, you need to practice.

10. practiceverb

    To perform or observe in a habitual fashion.

    They gather to practice religion every Saturday.

11. practiceverb

    To pursue (a career, especially law, fine art or medicine).

    She practiced law for forty years before retiring.

12. practiceverb

    To conspire.

13. Etymology: See practise.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PRACTICEnoun

   Etymology: πϱαϰτιϰὴ; pratique, Fr.

   1. The habit of doing any thing.2. Use; customary use.

   Obsolete words may be laudably revived, when they are more sounding, or more significant than those in practice. Dry.

   Of such a practice when Ulysses told;
   Shall we, cries one, permit
   This lewd romancer and his bant’ring wit. Nahum Tate.

   3. Dexterity acquired by habit.

   I’ll prove it on his body, if he dare,
   Despite his nice fence and his active practice. William Shakespeare.

   4. Actual performance, distinguished from theory.

   There are two functions of the soul, contemplation and practice, according to that general division of objects, some of which only entertain our speculations, others also employ our actions; so the understanding, with relation to these, is divided into speculative and practick. South.

   5. Method or art of doing any thing.6. Medical treatment of diseases.

   This disease is beyond my practice; yet I have known those which have walked in their sleep, who have died holily in their beds. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   7. Exercise of any profession.8. [ præt , Saxon, is cunning, sliness, and thence prat, in Douglass, is a trick or fraud; latter times forgetting the original of words, applied to practice the sense of prat.]Wicked stratagem; bad artifice. A sense not now in use.

   He sought to have that by practice, which he could not by prayer; and being allowed to visit us, he used the opportunity of a fit time thus to deliver us. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   Partly with suspicion of practice, the king was suddenly turned. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   It is the shameful work of Hubert’s hand,
   The practice and the purpose of the king. William Shakespeare.

   Shall we thus permit
   A blasting and a scandalous breath to fall
   On him so near us? this needs must be practice;
   Who knew of your intent and coming hither? William Shakespeare.

   Wise states prevent purposes
   Before they come to practice, and foul practices
   Before they grow to act. John Denham, Sophy.

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1. practice

   Practice can generally be defined as the repeated performance or application of a skill, activity, or behavior in order to improve or master it. It involves intentional and focused effort, often with the goal of refining abilities, acquiring knowledge, or enhancing performance. Practice can take various forms depending on the field or context, such as practicing a musical instrument, engaging in sports drills, honing professional skills, or rehearsing for a performance.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Practicenoun

   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. Practicenoun

   customary or constant use; state of being used

3. Practicenoun

   skill or dexterity acquired by use; expertness

4. Practicenoun

   actual performance; application of knowledge; -- opposed to theory

5. Practicenoun

   systematic exercise for instruction or discipline; as, the troops are called out for practice; she neglected practice in music

6. Practicenoun

   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. Practicenoun

   skillful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; art; stratagem; artifice; plot; -- usually in a bad sense

8. Practicenoun

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

9. Practicenoun

   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. Practiceverb

    to do or perform frequently, customarily, or habitually; to make a practice of; as, to practice gaming

11. Practiceverb

    to exercise, or follow, as a profession, trade, art, etc., as, to practice law or medicine

12. Practiceverb

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

13. Practiceverb

    to put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do

14. Practiceverb

    to make use of; to employ

15. Practiceverb

    to teach or accustom by practice; to train

16. Practiceverb

    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. Practiceverb

    to learn by practice; to form a habit

18. Practiceverb

    to try artifices or stratagems

19. Practiceverb

    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

20. Etymology: [Often written practise.]

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1. Practice

   Practice is the act of rehearsing a behavior over and over, or engaging in an activity again and again, for the purpose of improving or mastering it, as in the phrase "practice makes perfect". Sports teams practice to prepare for actual games. Playing a musical instrument well takes a lot of practice. It is a method of learning and of acquiring experience. The word derives from the Greek "πρακτική", feminine of "πρακτικός", "fit for or concerned with action, practical" and that from the verb "πράσσω","to achieve, bring about, effect, accomplish". In American English practice is used as both a noun and a verb, but in British English there is a distinction between practice, used as a noun, and practise, used as a verb. Sessions scheduled for the purpose of rehearsing and performance improvement are called practices. They are engaged in by sports teams, bands, individuals, etc. "He went to football practice everyday after school," for example.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Practice

   prak′tis, n. the habit of doing anything: frequent use: state of being used: regular exercise for instruction: performance: method: medical treatment: exercise of any profession: a rule or method in arithmetic.—ns. Practicabil′ity, Prac′ticableness, quality of being practicable.—adj. Prac′ticable, that may be practised, used, or followed: passable, as a road.—adv. Prac′ticably.—adj. Prac′tical, that can be put in practice: useful: applying knowledge to some useful end: derived from practice.—ns. Practical′ity; Prac′tical-joke, a trick of an annoying kind played on any one; Prac′tical-knowl′edge, knowledge which results in action.—adv. Prac′tically, in a practical way: actually: by actual trial.—n. Prac′ticalness. [M. E. praktike—O. Fr. practique—Gr. praktikos, fit for doing—prassein, to do.]

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1. Practice

   Practice vs. Practise -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Practice and Practise.

Matched Categories

1. • Activity
   • Engage
   • Implementation
   • Use

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'practice' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #539

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'practice' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1187

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'practice' in Nouns Frequency: #158

How to pronounce practice?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of practice in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of practice in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of practice in a Sentence

1. Bracewell Giuliani:

   I am in private law practice. I practice law honorably and well, never had a complaint. Never had an issue ever in 50 years of private law practice.

2. Bertrand Russell:

   We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach.

3. Periander:

   Practice is everythingThis is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect.

4. Lawrence Peter Berra:

   In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.

5. Richard Blumenthal:

   The practice of steering involves jeopardy to the consumer because of the concern about parts, safety concerns are raised by this practice of steering because often it involves the use of parts that may be salvaged or inferior or even counterfeit and that is a real urgent and imminent safety concern for the consumer who may have no idea what the origin of the parts are, who made them, or even whether they're installed properly.

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