practice
NOUN:
of doing:
1. the act of doing something:
he put his plans into practice.
2. the usual way of doing something:
local practices.
of habit, custom:
1. habitual or customary performance; operation:
office practice.
2. habit; custom:
It is not the practice here for men to wear long hair.
3. a usual or customary action or proceeding:
it was his practice to rise at six; he made a practice of stealing stamps.
4. a repeated or customary action.
of gaining skill, experience, etc. through exercise:
1. repeated performance or systematic exercise for the purpose of acquiring skill or proficiency:
Practice makes perfect.
2. condition arrived at by experience or exercise:
She refused to play the piano, because she was out of practice.
3. repetition or exercise of an activity in order to achieve mastery and fluency.
4. the condition of having mastery of a skill or activity through repetition (esp in the phrases "in practice," "out of practice").
5. systematic exercise for proficiency:
practice makes perfect.
6. the condition of being proficient through systematic exercise:
get in practice.
of performing, performance:
1. habitual or customary performance; operation:
office practice.
2. repeated performance or systematic exercise for the purpose of acquiring skill or proficiency:
Practice makes perfect.
3. the action or process of performing or doing something:
to put a scheme into practice; the shameful practices of a blackmailer.
4. actual performance or application:
ready to carry out in practice what they advocated in principle.
of a profession, occupation:
1. the exercise or pursuit of a profession or occupation, especially law or medicine:
She plans to set up practice in her hometown.
2. the business of a professional person:
The doctor wanted his daughter to take over his practice when he retired.
3. the exercise of a profession:
he set up practice as a lawyer.
4. the exercise of the profession of medicine.
5. the business of a practicing physician or group of physicians, including facilities and customary patients.
6. the continuous exercise of a profession.
7. a professional business—especially one constituting an incorporeal property.
in law:
1. the established method of conducting legal proceedings.
2. the established method of conducting proceedings in a court of law.
3. the form, manner, and order of conducting legal suits and prosecutions.
archaic:
1. plotting; intrigue; trickery.
2. Usually "practices," intrigues; plots.
Origin:
1375–1425; (v.) late Middle English practisen, practizen (< Middle French pra(c)tiser) < Medieval Latin prāctizāre, alteration of prācticāre, derivative of prāctica practical work < Greek prāktikḗ noun use of feminine of prāktikós practic; see -ize; (noun) late Middle English, derivative of the v. Dictionary 2: C16: from Medieval Latin practicāre to practise, from Greek praktikē practical science, practical work, from prattein to do, act. Also British, prac·tise. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use: Verb: 14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a. Noun: 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a. History and Etymology: Verb: Middle English practisen, from Middle French practiser, from Medieval Latin practizare, alteration of practicare, from practica practice, noun, from Late Latin practice, from Greek praktikē, from feminine of praktikos. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
of doing:
1. the act of doing something:
he put his plans into practice.
2. the usual way of doing something:
local practices.
of habit, custom:
1. habitual or customary performance; operation:
office practice.
2. habit; custom:
It is not the practice here for men to wear long hair.
3. a usual or customary action or proceeding:
it was his practice to rise at six; he made a practice of stealing stamps.
4. a repeated or customary action.
of gaining skill, experience, etc. through exercise:
1. repeated performance or systematic exercise for the purpose of acquiring skill or proficiency:
Practice makes perfect.
2. condition arrived at by experience or exercise:
She refused to play the piano, because she was out of practice.
3. repetition or exercise of an activity in order to achieve mastery and fluency.
4. the condition of having mastery of a skill or activity through repetition (esp in the phrases "in practice," "out of practice").
5. systematic exercise for proficiency:
practice makes perfect.
6. the condition of being proficient through systematic exercise:
get in practice.
of performing, performance:
1. habitual or customary performance; operation:
office practice.
2. repeated performance or systematic exercise for the purpose of acquiring skill or proficiency:
Practice makes perfect.
3. the action or process of performing or doing something:
to put a scheme into practice; the shameful practices of a blackmailer.
4. actual performance or application:
ready to carry out in practice what they advocated in principle.
of a profession, occupation:
1. the exercise or pursuit of a profession or occupation, especially law or medicine:
She plans to set up practice in her hometown.
2. the business of a professional person:
The doctor wanted his daughter to take over his practice when he retired.
3. the exercise of a profession:
he set up practice as a lawyer.
4. the exercise of the profession of medicine.
5. the business of a practicing physician or group of physicians, including facilities and customary patients.
6. the continuous exercise of a profession.
7. a professional business—especially one constituting an incorporeal property.
in law:
1. the established method of conducting legal proceedings.
2. the established method of conducting proceedings in a court of law.
3. the form, manner, and order of conducting legal suits and prosecutions.
archaic:
1. plotting; intrigue; trickery.
2. Usually "practices," intrigues; plots.
Origin:
1375–1425; (v.) late Middle English practisen, practizen (< Middle French pra(c)tiser) < Medieval Latin prāctizāre, alteration of prācticāre, derivative of prāctica practical work < Greek prāktikḗ noun use of feminine of prāktikós practic; see -ize; (noun) late Middle English, derivative of the v. Dictionary 2: C16: from Medieval Latin practicāre to practise, from Greek praktikē practical science, practical work, from prattein to do, act. Also British, prac·tise. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use: Verb: 14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a. Noun: 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a. History and Etymology: Verb: Middle English practisen, from Middle French practiser, from Medieval Latin practizare, alteration of practicare, from practica practice, noun, from Late Latin practice, from Greek praktikē, from feminine of praktikos. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.