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    prac·tice
    [ˈpraktəs]
    noun
    practice (noun) · practices (plural noun)
    1. the actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method, as opposed to theories relating to it:
      "the principles and practice of teaching" · "he put his self-defense training into practice by helping police arrest the armed robber"
    2. the customary, habitual, or expected procedure or way of doing of something:
      "current nursing practice" · "modern child-rearing practices"
      • an established method of legal procedure.
    3. repeated exercise in or performance of an activity or skill so as to acquire or maintain proficiency in it:
      "it must have taken a lot of practice to become so fluent"
      • a period of time spent practicing an activity or skill:
        "daily choir practices"
    verb
    practise (verb) · practises (third person present) · practised (past tense) · practised (past participle) · practising (present participle) · practice (verb) · practices (third person present) · practiced (past tense) · practiced (past participle) · practicing (present participle)
    1. perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to improve or maintain one's proficiency:
      "I need to practice my French" · "they were practicing for the Olympics"
    2. carry out or perform (a particular activity, method, or custom) habitually or regularly:
      "we still practice some of these rituals today"
    Origin
    late Middle English: the verb from Old French practiser or medieval Latin practizare, alteration of practicare ‘perform, carry out’, from practica ‘practice’, from Greek praktikē, feminine (used as a noun) of praktikos (see practical); the noun from the verb in the earlier spelling practise, on the pattern of pairs such as advise, advice.
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