practice
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1.6
- noun
- /ˈpræktɪs/
:
práctica
- To improve your piano skills, you need to engage in regular practice every day.
- repeated practice
- practice improves
- practice questions
It takes a lot of practice. When I first started,
- It takes a lot of practice. When I first started,
- It's the most physical day of practice I've ever seen.
- I wait after school, I do my practices, I walk home.
- All right, So more, more practice on on these coming up.
- You will get a some practice on that very soon.
- But let's get a little practice with long division.
- But once you have the practice down, it's it's so simple.
- Get school, party, party, got practice, practice, play, play.
- But I mean, exercise isn't practice because practice makes progress.
Examples
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Experienced musicians assess their own playing constantly, determining what needs more practice or which rudiments are weak.
Academic text (2011) -
I cooked nothing but beans for two years so I am out of practice.
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Probably not, but this requires practice, I tell you.
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Now it will take you a little practice, all things do.
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And the goal would be to find some sort of practice that works for you.
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This is what all that... practice is for.
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It takes a lot of practice. When I first started,
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You should already be in the practice of writing regularly, without a deadline and without an assignment.
Academic text (2011) -
I need the practice.
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It demands strenuous effort and practice.
Synonyms
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1.5
Learning the skills needed to do a job or activity
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3.4
Repeated practice to improve a skill, like in school or the army
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1.0
Regular training to improve skill or physical strength
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2.9
A set time to repeat an activity like music or sports to get better at a skill
A short time of study or practice to improve skills
Idioms
Compounds
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3.9
Work of a doctor or lawyer who has their own office and does not work for an organization
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2.9
A set time to repeat an activity like music or sports to get better at a skill
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4.9
Work a lawyer does to give advice, prepare documents, and represent people in court
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3.5
Doctors use medical knowledge to care for and treat sick or injured people
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4.5
A way of doing things that keeps the earth healthy and can continue for a long time
- Jargon
Taking plants and genetic material from local communities without permission or payment
How Intensive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Practice comes from the old root prakt- meaning 'to do'. So when you learn by repeated practice, you are 'doing' the same activity again and again to get better.