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to put into practice

to put into practice

5 3.7
To use an idea or plan in a real situation
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : poner en práctica
  • I'm trying to put into practice what I'm learning here from you, and it's not working at home.
  • put into practice the ideal
  • put into practice a concept
  • put into practice a policy

So the great thing you said there is that you put into practice the rich debt education.

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Examples

  • The decision to protect yourself, once taken, is easy enough to put into practice.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Well, the furlough scheme was put into practice so that the government would help employers to pay wages even when their staff could not work.

  • So the great thing you said there is that you put into practice the rich debt education.

  • Everything we learn here will be put into practice later in Mexico.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The method has already been put into practice in human medicine.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The problem is how these policies are put into practice.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Students preparing to live and work in the 21st century must learn and put into practice four essential skills for success.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Every day at work, I put into practice the rules and practices I learned in my cataloging class.

    Academic text (2015)
  • But why are we not putting into practice brain-based environmental strategies when we have evidence that they work?

    Academic text (2008)
  • In her internship, she learned a lot about marketing strategies that she hopes to put into practice at her new job.

Synonyms

to implement
vsto put into practice
515 3.7

To put a plan or rule into action

is about using an idea or method directly in real situations
to apply
vsto put into practice
374 2.8

Use something for a particular purpose, for example a rule or method

is specifically about making an idea work in real situations
to action
vsto put into practice
  • Jargon
1 4.7

To carry out a plan or decision

is the practical process of using ideas in real situations

Antonyms

1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

401 3.8

Stop supporting an idea or plan

How Applied

to put into practice
5 3.7
to implement
515 3.7
to apply
374 2.8
to try out
229 2.8

Surface Forms

put into practice infinitive
putting into practice present participle
puts into practice third person singular
put into practice past participle

Morphology

put + into + practice

The meaning 'to implement or apply an idea' is directly and compositionally derived from 'put' (place/bring into a state) + 'into' (change into) + 'practice' (the state of doing or applying something). This is a common, cross-linguistic construction (e.g. Spanish 'poner en práctica', French 'mettre en pratique') and follows ordinary English composition patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

The phrase put into practice comes from the image of taking a plan on paper and actually putting it into practice, like moving an idea into real work. So it means 'to apply' a plan or idea in real life.