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| 1. | [ noun ] a customary way of operation or behavior | |
| Synonyms: | pattern | |
| Examples: | "it is their practice to give annual raises" "they changed their dietary pattern" |
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| Related terms: | activity radioactivity fashion custom ritual slavery careerism one-upmanship symbolism transvestism cooperation unwritten_law cannibalism modernism popery lynch_law mistreatment occult ritualism formalism featherbedding nudism systematism quotation peonage habitude biologism pattern | |
| 2. | [ verb ] carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions | |
| Synonyms: | do exercise carry_out practise | |
| Examples: | : "practice law" |
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| Related terms: | take_up shamanize use work | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (education) learn by repetition | |
| Synonyms: | drill practise exercise | |
| Examples: | "We drilled French verbs every day" "Pianists practice scales" |
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| Related terms: | learn exercise | |
| 4. | [ noun ] systematic training by multiple repetitions | |
| Synonyms: | exercise practice_session recitation drill | |
| Examples: | "practice makes perfect" |
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| Related terms: | training rehearsal scrimmage target_practice shadowboxing drill fire_drill manual_of_arms review rehearsal drill drill | |
| 5. | [ verb ] engage in a rehearsal (of) | |
| Synonyms: | rehearse practise | |
| Related terms: | perform scrimmage walk_through performing_arts | |
| 6. | [ noun ] translating an idea into action | |
| Synonyms: | praxis | |
| Examples: | "a hard theory to put into practice" "differences between theory and praxis of communism" |
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| Related terms: | implementation | |
| 7. | [ verb ] avail oneself to | |
| Synonyms: | use apply | |
| Examples: | "apply a principle" "practice a religion" "use care when going down the stairs" "use your common sense" "practice non-violent resistance" |
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| Related terms: | effect follow use use | |
| 8. | [ noun ] the exercise of a profession | |
| Examples: | "the practice of the law" "I took over his practice when he retired" |
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| Related terms: | use medical_practice optometry consultancy law_practice dental_practice | |
| 9. | [ noun ] knowledge of how something is customarily done | |
| Examples: | : "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner" |
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| Related terms: | cognition custom convention heritage standard_operating_procedure | |
| Similar spelling: |
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