Meaning

Repetition of an activity to improve a skill..

Definitions by Sense

1. Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
2. An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.
3. (uncountable, especially medicine, art) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
4. (countable) A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.
5. The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.
6. A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine.
7. Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.
8. (law) The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) training, rehearsing, rehearsal, dry run, trial, workout

He will need lots of practice with the lines before he performs them.

Being on a team is hard: you're always having to go to practice while everyone else is taking it easy.

I have choir practice every Sunday after church.

Which is the most demanding? I think that my practice as an artist is 'stronger' because it is the practice that best fuels and balances myself and that generates new knowledge for my other work as both arts educator and creative arts therapist.

She ran a thriving medical practice.

It is the usual practice of employees there to wear neckties only when meeting with customers.

It is good practice to check each door and window before leaving.

Word Forms

• practices
• practise
• practicing
• practiced

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