variants:
or less commonly practise
practiced also practised; practicing also practising
Definition of practice
(Entry 1 of 2)
b
: to do or perform often, customarily, or habitually
practice politeness
c
: to be professionally engaged in
practice medicine
2a
: to perform or work at repeatedly so as to become proficient
practice the act
b
: to train by repeated exercises
practice pupils in penmanship
1
: to do repeated exercises for proficiency
2
: to pursue a profession actively
4
: to do something customarily
5
: to take advantage of someone
he practised on their credulity with huge success — The Times Literary Supplement (London)
practice
noun
variants:
or less commonly practise
Definition of practice (Entry 2 of 2)
1a
: actual performance or application
ready to carry out in practice what they advocated in principle
b
: a repeated or customary action
had this irritating practice
c
: the usual way of doing something
local practices
d
: the form, manner, and order of conducting legal suits and prosecutions
2a
: systematic exercise for proficiency
practice makes perfect
b
: the condition of being proficient through systematic exercise
get in practice
3a
: the continuous exercise of a profession
b
: a professional business
especially
: one constituting an incorporeal property
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The first known use of practice was in the 14th century
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