practice
31practice — {{11}}practice (n.) early 15c., originally as practise, from O.Fr. pratiser, from M.L. practicare (see PRACTICE (Cf. practice) (n.)). Also as practik, which survived in parallel into 19c. {{12}}practice (v.) early 15c., to perform repeatedly to… …
32practice — Repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of similar kind; custom; usage. Application of science to the wants of men. The exercise of any profession. The form or mode or proceeding in courts of justice for the… …
33practice — noun 1) the practice of radiotherapy Syn: application, exercise, use, operation, implementation, execution 2) it is common practice Syn: custom, procedure, policy, convention, tradi …
34practice — See: IN PRACTICE also INTO PRACTICE, MAKE A PRACTICE OF, OUT OF PRACTICE …
35practice — See: IN PRACTICE also INTO PRACTICE, MAKE A PRACTICE OF, OUT OF PRACTICE …
36practice — 1. noun a) Repetition of an activity to improve skill. He will need lots of practice with those lines before he performs them. b) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts. She ran a thriving medical… …
37practice — The exercise of the profession of medicine or one of the allied health professions. [Mediev. L. practica, business, G. praktikos, pertaining to action] extramural p. delivery of health care services by university faculties or full time hospital… …
38practice — See: in practice also into practice, make a practice of, out of practice …
39practice — Synonyms and related words: Gedankenexperiment, MO, accordance, acquittal, acquittance, act, acting, action, actions, activism, activity, acts, actually, addition, address, adherence, affectation, agency, air, algorithm, application, apprentice,… …
40practice — [15] The ultimate source of practice is Greek prássein ‘do, practise’. From its base *prak were derived the noun praxis ‘doing, action’ (source of English praxis [16]) and the adjective praktós ‘to be done’. On this was based praktikós ‘concerned …
