practice
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ˈprÃĻk
prāk
tice
tÉĒs
tis
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "practice"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ, āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āϟāĻŋāϏ

the act of repeatedly doing something to become better at doing it
practice definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Joining a debate club provides ample opportunities for public speaking practice.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻĻāĻžāύ āϜāύāϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϚ⧁āϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ

the act of applying or implementing an idea, theory, or plan into real-world actions or activities
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company 's guidelines looked great on paper, but in practice, they were difficult to implement.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āĻœā§‡ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ⧇, āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ, āĻ…āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāϏ

a habitual or customary way of doing something; a repeated or regular action or behavior
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It is common practice in some cultures to remove shoes before entering a home.
āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϜ⧁āϤ⧋ āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ…āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāϏāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāϏ, āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ

the professional work or business of a doctor, lawyer, dentist, or other experts providing services to clients or patients
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The doctor moved his practice to a new location closer to the hospital.
āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āϟāĻŋāϏ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇ āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāϏ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻž

knowledge of how something is usually done
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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āϟāĻŋāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to do or play something many times to become good at it
Dialectamerican flagAmerican
practisebritish flagBritish
Transitive: to practice a skill
to practice definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Athletes diligently practice their routines to enhance performance.
āĻ•ā§āϰ⧀āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāύ⧋

to train someone or something by making them do an activity or skill many times to improve it
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The coach practiced the team in new drills.
āϕ⧋āϚ āĻĻāϞāϕ⧇ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĄā§āϰāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āϟāĻŋāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻ°ā§āϚāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to actively engage in the duties, activities, or tasks associated with a specific job or profession
Dialectamerican flagAmerican
Transitive: to practice a profession
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The lawyer decided to practice law in a small firm specializing in family and immigration cases.
āφāχāύāĻœā§€āĻŦā§€āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϏāύ āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻœā§āĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻĢāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡ āφāχāύ āϚāĻ°ā§āϚāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻ°ā§āϚāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to do or carry out a method, action, or habit
Dialectamerican flagAmerican
practisebritish flagBritish
Transitive: to practice a method or activity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Many people practiced traditional healing in the past.
āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝāĻ—āϤ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ•āϰāϤāĨ¤
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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to follow or live according to the rules, beliefs, or customs of a religion or tradition
Dialectamerican flagAmerican
Transitive: to practice a religion or tradition
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They practice Christianity faithfully.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ–ā§āϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻ°ā§āϚāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make a certain behavior a regular and natural part of daily life by doing it often
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He has practiced gratitude for many years.
āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻšā§ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāϏāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āώāĻĄāĻŧāϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to secretly plan or carry out something, often for an evil or dishonest purpose
Old use
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He once practiced to fool the authorities with false documents.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤ⧃āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāϞ āĻĻāϞāĻŋāϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

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