practiced
practised
Definition of practiced
1 : experienced, skilled a practiced chef
2 : learned by practice a practiced skill
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Examples of practiced in a Sentence
Only a few of the dancers are practiced in traditional ballet.
He split the log with practiced skill.
Recent Examples of practiced from the Web
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In the wake of Trump’s Sunday tweet, Richard Haass, the president of the indisputably bipartisan Council on Foreign Relations, likened Trump’s rhetoric to that of a more practiced strongman president.
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No living conductor knows more about these scores and their historical context, has a closer regard for textual fidelity or a more practiced understanding of how to bring them to dramatic life on stage than Muti.
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Martyniuk never actually practiced law, the court noted.
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Given his years on Breaking Bad, Cranston is a practiced hand at fleshing out the eccentric mind of the married man looking to shake himself out of his reverie.
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First Known Use of practiced
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PRACTICED Defined for English Language Learners
practiced
Definition of practiced for English Language Learners
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: good at doing something because you have done it many times
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: learned by doing something again and again
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