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practice

practice

404 3.4
A business where a doctor or lawyer works and sees clients
  • noun
  • /ˈpræktɪs/
: consulta (médica)
  • Some engineering schools expose students to real-world engineering practice through cooperative experiences and internships.
  • a practice nurse
  • a general practice
  • social work practice

Maybe a more extreme case study from your practice that you've seen.

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Examples

  • Tsourmas also has a medical practice and does similar case review work for other insurers

    Academic text (2011)
  • Good parenting involves continually correcting and improving one's parental practice through self-disciplining activities.

    Academic text (2011)
  • See, this is exactly why you have to get out of that gross hospital - and into a private practice -

  • Identify situations or events in your own practice that would be suitable for significant event analysis.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I had a successful practice after achieving my PhD.

  • Now the hospital's getting complaints about your private practice.

  • Consider running a 'young persons' clinic in your practice or with other practices.

    Academic text (2011)
  • You've built up quite a practice, Doctor.

  • He's got a very successful dental practice in Manhattan.

  • Dr. Smith has a thriving practice in cardiology, helping patients with heart conditions.

Antonyms

∞ 3.2

An idea or group of ideas that explains facts in science

Idioms

Not as skilled because you have not done it recently

Compounds

Work of a doctor or lawyer who has their own office and does not work for an organization

best practice
  • Specialized
26 3.1

A proven way of doing something that gives the best results

Shooting at objects to improve skill with guns or bows

The work doctors do to care for patients

10 3.7

A business where lawyers give legal help to people and companies

A set time to repeat an activity like music or sports to get better at a skill

Work a lawyer does to give advice, prepare documents, and represent people in court

Doctors use medical knowledge to care for and treat sick or injured people

family practice
  • Specialized
5 3.1

A clinic where doctors give basic health care to whole families

4 6.7

An action people do for sexual pleasure, often with another person

A clinic where dentists give care for people's teeth and mouths

An unofficial game played to improve skills and try new strategies

A way of farming used to grow crops or keep animals

group practice
  • Specialized
1 3.6

A clinic where several doctors share space, costs, and staff

An area where golfers hit balls to improve their swing

A way of doing things that keeps the earth healthy and can continue for a long time

9.9

Taking plants and genetic material from local communities without permission or payment

An action that does not harm the environment and helps protect nature

9.9

A dishonest or wrong action by people in an organization

A college student who teaches in a real classroom under a trained teacher

shepherdage practice
  • Specialized
8.0

Ways of caring for and managing sheep on a farm

How Big

corporation
∞ 3.7
firm
∞ 1.9
practice
404 3.4
clinic
964 2.8

Surface Forms

practice singular
practices plural

Etymology

Practice comes from the old root prakt- meaning 'to do', which you can also see in practical. So a doctor's or lawyer's practice is simply the place where they 'do' their work and help people.