practise

[ prak-tis ]

/ ˈpræk tɪs /

verb (used with or without object), prac·tised, prac·tis·ing. British.

practice.

OTHER WORDS FROM practise

mis·prac·tise, noun, verb, mis·prac·tised, mis·prac·tis·ing. pre·prac·tise, verb, pre·prac·tised, pre·prac·tis·ing.

Words nearby practise

practice what you preach, practice-teach, practiced, practicing, practicum, practise, practised, practitioner, prad, prader-willi syndrome, pradesh

Definition for practise (2 of 2)

practice

[ prak-tis ]

/ ˈpræk tɪs /

noun

habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.

habit; custom: It is not the practice here for men to wear long hair.

repeated performance or systematic exercise for the purpose of acquiring skill or proficiency: Practice makes perfect.

condition arrived at by experience or exercise: She refused to play the piano, because she was out of practice.

the action or process of performing or doing something: to put a scheme into practice; the shameful practices of a blackmailer.

the exercise or pursuit of a profession or occupation, especially law or medicine: She plans to set up practice in her hometown.

the business of a professional person: The doctor wanted his daughter to take over his practice when he retired.

Law. the established method of conducting legal proceedings.

Archaic. plotting; intrigue; trickery.

Usually practices. Archaic. intrigues; plots.

verb (used with object), prac·ticed, prac·tic·ing.

to perform or do habitually or usually: to practice a strict regimen.

to follow or observe habitually or customarily: to practice one's religion.

to exercise or pursue as a profession, art, or occupation: to practice law.

to perform or do repeatedly in order to acquire skill or proficiency: to practice the violin.

to train or drill (a person, animal, etc.) in something in order to give proficiency.

verb (used without object), prac·ticed, prac·tic·ing.

to do something habitually or as a practice.

to pursue a profession, especially law or medicine.

to exercise oneself by repeated performance in order to acquire skill: to practice at shooting.

Archaic. to plot or conspire.

Also British, prac·tise (for defs 11–19).

Origin of practice

1375–1425; (v.) late Middle English practisen, practizen (< Middle French pra(c)tiser) < Medieval Latin prāctizāre, alteration of prācticāre, derivative of prāctica practical work < Greek prāktikḗ noun use of feminine of prāktikós practic; see -ize; (noun) late Middle English, derivative of the v.

SYNONYMS FOR practice

3 application.

synonym study for practice

2. See custom. 3. See exercise.

OTHER WORDS FROM practice

prac·tic·er, noun mis·prac·tice, noun, verb, mis·prac·ticed, mis·prac·tic·ing. non·prac·tice, noun out·prac·tice, verb (used with object), out·prac·ticed, out·prac·tic·ing.

o·ver·prac·tice, verb (used with object), o·ver·prac·ticed, o·ver·prac·tic·ing. pre·prac·tice, verb, pre·prac·ticed, pre·prac·tic·ing. re·prac·tice, verb (used with object), re·prac·ticed, re·prac·tic·ing.

Example sentences from the Web for practise

University professors, stout majors, rising early in the morning, hire boys and practise back-handers and half-volleys.

Idle Ideas in 1905 |Jerome K. Jerome
We have now in practise over 2,000 lawyers and a corresponding number of doctors.

Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence |Various
Students should practise them so as to become familiar with the relations between weight and volume.

A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. |Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
What skill did she not practise, what devices of taste not display, to cover over the hard features of their stern poverty!

Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) |Charles James Lever

The tactical lessons conned in his tent would vanish in a sort of stage-fright when he tried to practise them in public.

Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V1 |Jacob Dolson Cox

British Dictionary definitions for practise (1 of 2)

practise

US practice

/ (ˈpræktɪs) /

verb

to do or cause to do repeatedly in order to gain skill

(tr) to do (something) habitually or frequently they practise ritual murder

to observe or pursue (something, such as a religion) to practise Christianity

to work at (a profession, job, etc) he practises medicine

(foll by on or upon) to take advantage of (someone, someone's credulity, etc)

Word Origin for practise

C15: see practice

British Dictionary definitions for practise (2 of 2)

practice

/ (ˈpræktɪs) /

noun

a usual or customary action or proceeding it was his practice to rise at six; he made a practice of stealing stamps

repetition or exercise of an activity in order to achieve mastery and fluency

the condition of having mastery of a skill or activity through repetition (esp in the phrases in practice, out of practice)

the exercise of a profession he set up practice as a lawyer

the act of doing something he put his plans into practice

the established method of conducting proceedings in a court of law

verb

the US spelling of practise

Word Origin for practice

C16: from Medieval Latin practicāre to practise, from Greek praktikē practical science, practical work, from prattein to do, act

Medical definitions for practise

practice

[ prăk′tĭs ]

v.

To engage in the profession of medicine or one of the allied health professions.

n.

The exercise of the profession of medicine.

The business of a practicing physician or group of physicians, including facilities and customary patients.

Idioms and Phrases with practise

practice

In addition to the idioms beginning with practice

practice makes perfect
practice what you preach

also see:

in practice
make a practice of
out of practice
put into practice
sharp practice

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

practise

verb (used with or without object), prac·tised, prac·tis·ing. British.

OTHER WORDS FROM practise

Words nearby practise

Definition for practise (2 of 2)

noun

verb (used with object), prac·ticed, prac·tic·ing.

verb (used without object), prac·ticed, prac·tic·ing.

Origin of practice

SYNONYMS FOR practice

synonym study for practice

OTHER WORDS FROM practice

Example sentences from the Web for practise

British Dictionary definitions for practise (1 of 2)

US practice

verb

Word Origin for practise

British Dictionary definitions for practise (2 of 2)

noun

verb

Word Origin for practice

Medical definitions for practise

v.

n.

Idioms and Phrases with practise