practice
noun
[ ˈpraktɪs ]
• the actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method, as opposed to theories relating to it.
• "the principles and practice of teaching"
Similar:
application,
exercise,
use,
operation,
implementation,
execution,
enactment,
action,
doing,
make use of,
put to use,
utilize,
apply,
employ,
put into effect/operation,
draw on,
bring into play,
• the customary, habitual, or expected procedure or way of doing of something.
• "product placement is common practice in American movies"
Similar:
custom,
procedure,
policy,
convention,
tradition,
fashion,
habit,
wont,
method,
system,
routine,
institution,
way,
rule,
modus operandi,
praxis,
• repeated exercise in or performance of an activity or skill so as to acquire or maintain proficiency in it.
• "it must have taken a lot of practice to become so fluent"
Similar:
training,
rehearsal,
repetition,
preparation,
exercise,
drill,
study,
practice session,
dummy run,
run-through,
try-out,
warm-up,
shootaround,
dry run,
practice
verb
• US spelling of practise.
Origin:
late Middle English: from practise, on the pattern of pairs such as advise, advice .
practise
verb
• perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to acquire, improve or maintain proficiency in it.
• "I need to practise my French"
Similar:
rehearse,
run through,
go through,
go over,
work on,
work at,
repeat,
polish,
refine,
perfect,
train,
prepare,
exercise,
drill,
work out,
warm up,
go through one's paces,
keep one's hand in,
get into shape,
do exercises,
study,
knock up,
• carry out or perform (a particular activity, method, or custom) habitually or regularly.
• "we still practise some of these rituals today"
• scheme or plot for an evil purpose.
• "what a tangled web we weave when we first practise to deceive"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French practiser or medieval Latin practizare, alteration of practicare ‘perform, carry out’, from practica ‘practice’, from Greek praktikē, feminine (used as a noun), of praktikos (see practical).
in practice
• in reality (used to refer to what actually happens as opposed to what is meant or believed to happen).
• "in theory this method is ideal—in practice it is unrealistic"
• currently proficient in a particular activity or skill as a result of repeated exercise or performance of it.
