Practise

Quick meaning: Practise is a verb meaning (transitive) To repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.

Meaning

(transitive) To repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To repeat an activity in this way.
2. (transitive) To perform or observe in an habitual fashion.
3. (transitive) To pursue (a career, especially law, fine art or medicine).
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To conspire.
5. To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do.
6. To make use of; to employ.
7. To teach or accustom by practice; to train.

Example Sentences

As this advice ye practise or neglect.

You should practise playing piano every day.

They gather to practise religion every Saturday.

She practised law for forty years before retiring.

Word Forms

• practises
• practising
• practised
• practice

Synonyms for practise

Depending on context, synonyms include carry out, practice, exercise, drill, do, rehearse.

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Related dictionary entries include practice, rehearse, carry out, do, exercise, drill.

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