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NOUN | 1 | practice, pattern | A customary way of operation or behavior |
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2 | practice, exercise, drill, practice session, recitation | Systematic training by multiple repetitions | |
3 | practice, praxis | Translating an idea into action | |
4 | practice | The exercise of a profession | |
5 | practice | Knowledge of how something is usually done | |
VERB | 1 | practice, drill, exercise, practise | Learn by repetition |
2 | practice, apply, use | Avail oneself to | |
3 | practice, practise, exercise, do | Carry out or practice | |
4 | practice, rehearse, practise | Engage in a rehearsal (of) |
Sounds | prae'ktahs; prae'ktihs |
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Rhymes | abacus, abruptness, absoluteness, and 1124 more rhymes in ahs at the HyperDic website... |
abyss, allis, amaryllis, and 177 more rhymes in ihs at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A customary way of operation or behavior. |
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Examples | "it is their practice to give annual raises" |
Synonyms | pattern |
Narrower | biologism; cooperation; featherbedding; formalism; one-upmanship; symbolism, symbolization, symbolisation; modernism; occult, occult arts; cannibalism; careerism; custom, usage, usance; habitude; fashion; slavery, slaveholding; peonage; unwritten law; lynch law; mistreatment; popery; quotation; ritual; ritualism; nudism, naturism; systematism; transvestism, transvestitism, cross dressing |
Broader | activity |
Verbs | practice |
Meaning | Systematic training by multiple repetitions. |
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Examples | "practice makes perfect" |
Synonyms | exercise, drill, practice session, recitation |
Narrower | fire drill; manual of arms, manual; military drill; rehearsal; rehearsal, dry run; review, brushup; scrimmage; shadowboxing; target practice |
Broader | training, preparation, grooming |
Verbs | practice; practice |
Meaning | Translating an idea into action. |
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Examples | "a hard theory to put into practice" |
Synonyms | praxis |
Broader | implementation, effectuation |
Meaning | The exercise of a profession. |
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Examples | "the practice of the law"; "I took over his practice when he retired" |
Narrower | consultancy; dental practice; law practice; medical practice; optometry |
Broader | use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise |
Verbs | practice; practice |
Meaning | Knowledge of how something is usually done. |
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Examples | "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner" |
Narrower | custom, tradition; convention, normal, pattern, rule, formula; heritage |
Broader | cognition, knowledge, noesis |
Meaning | Learn by repetition. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "Pianists practice scales" |
Synonyms | drill, exercise, practise |
Entailed by | master, get the hang |
Broader | learn, study, read, take |
Nouns | practice |
Meaning | Avail oneself to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "practice a religion"; "practice non-violent resistance" |
Synonyms | apply, use |
Narrower | follow |
Similar to | use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ |
Nouns | practice; practice |
Meaning | Carry out or practice. As of jobs and professions. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "practice law" |
Synonyms | practise, exercise, do |
Entails | work, do work |
Narrower | shamanize, shamanise |
Nouns | practice |
Meaning | Engage in a rehearsal (of). |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
Model | They will practice the duet |
Synonyms | rehearse, practise |
Category | performing arts |
Narrower | walk through; scrimmage |
Broader | perform, execute, do |
Nouns | practice |