practice

practice is a 8-letter English word with 29 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of rising early; the practice of making regular entries of accounts; the practice of daily exercise. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 29 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of rising early; the practice of making regular entries of accounts; the practice of daily exercise.
2. noun. Customary or constant use; state of being used.
3. noun. Skill or dexterity acquired by use; expertness.
4. noun. Actual performance; application of knowledge; -- opposed to theory.
5. noun. Systematic exercise for instruction or discipline; as, the troops are called out for practice; she neglected practice in music.
6. noun. Application of science to the wants of men; the exercise of any profession; professional business; as, the practice of medicine or law; a large or lucrative practice.
7. noun. Skillful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; art; stratagem; artifice; plot; -- usually in a bad sense.
8. noun. A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.
9. noun. 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.
10. transitive verb. To do or perform frequently, customarily, or habitually; to make a practice of; as, to practice gaming.
11. transitive verb. To exercise, or follow, as a profession, trade, art, etc., as, to practice law or medicine.
12. transitive verb. To exercise one's self in, for instruction or improvement, or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to practice gunnery; to practice music.
13. transitive verb. To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do.
14. transitive verb. To make use of; to employ.
15. transitive verb. To teach or accustom by practice; to train.
16. intransitive verb. To perform certain acts frequently or customarily, either for instruction, profit, or amusement; as, to practice with the broadsword or with the rifle; to practice on the piano.
17. intransitive verb. To learn by practice; to form a habit.
18. intransitive verb. To try artifices or stratagems.
19. intransitive verb. To apply theoretical science or knowledge, esp. by way of experiment; to exercise or pursue an employment or profession, esp. that of medicine or of law.
20. noun. a customary way of operation or behavior

    "it is their practice to give annual raises"

    "they changed their dietary pattern"

    Synonyms: pattern

21. noun. translating an idea into action

    "a hard theory to put into practice"

    "differences between theory and praxis of communism"

    Synonyms: praxis

22. noun. the exercise of a profession

    "the practice of the law"

    "I took over his practice when he retired"

23. noun. systematic training by multiple repetitions

    "practice makes perfect"

    Synonyms: drill, exercise, recitation

24. noun. knowledge of how something is usually done

    "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner"

25. verb. learn by repetition

    "We drilled French verbs every day"

    "Pianists practice scales"

    Synonyms: drill, exercise, practise

26. verb. engage in a rehearsal (of)

    Synonyms: practise, rehearse

27. verb. engage in or perform

    "practice safe sex"

    "commit a random act of kindness"

    Synonyms: commit

28. verb. avail oneself to

    "apply a principle"

    "practice a religion"

    Synonyms: apply, use

29. verb. carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions

    "practice law"

    Synonyms: do, exercise, practise

Synonyms

pattern, praxis, drill, exercise, recitation, practise, rehearse, commit, apply, use, do

Common word forms

practiced, practicer, practices, practicing

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