Practise

Alternative forms

 * practice (standard for noun but incorrect for verb outside US; almost universal for both in American English)

Etymology
From practizen:, a variant of practisen:, from  pratiser:, practiser:, from  practizo:, from  practico:, from practica:, from   πρακτική:, from πρακτικός:, from πράσσειν:

Pronunciation

 * ,, {{SAMPA|/"pr{ktIs/}}

Verb

 * 1)  To repeat as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.
 * You should practise playing piano every day.
 * 1)  To repeat an activity in this way.
 * If you want to speak French well, you need to practise.
 * 1)  To perform or observe in a habitual fashion.
 * They gather to practise religion every Saturday.
 * 1)  To pursue (a career, especially law, fine art or medicine).
 * She practised law for forty years before retiring.
 * 1)  To conspire.

Derived terms

 * practised
 * practising

Related terms

 * practic
 * practicable
 * practical
 * practice
 * practitioner

Translations

 * Persian: تمرین کردن
 * Portuguese:


 * Swedish:, träna


 * Portuguese:


 * Spanish: practicar
 * Swedish: öva, träna


 * Portuguese:


 * Swedish: utöva


 * Portuguese:


 * : 实践 shíjiàn
 * : pratiquer
 * : praticare


 * : ćwiczyć
 * : practicar, entrenar
 * : emafe

Anagrams

 * crispate, picrates

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