Dictionary entry details
• PRACTICE (noun)
Meaning:
A customary way of operation or behavior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
practice; pattern
Context examples:
it is their practice to give annual raises / they changed their dietary pattern
Hypernyms ("practice" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "practice"):
cross dressing; transvestism; transvestitism (the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex)
slaveholding; slavery (the practice of owning slaves)
peonage (the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged)
unwritten law (law based on customary behavior)
lynch law (the practice of punishing people by hanging without due process of law)
mistreatment (the practice of treating (someone or something) badly)
nonconformism (the practice of nonconformity)
calisthenics; callisthenics (the practice of calisthenic exercises)
papism; popery (offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church)
quotation (the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.)
ritual (the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies)
ritualism (exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship)
naturism; nudism (going without clothes as a social practice)
systematism (the habitual practice of systematization and classification)
lobbyism (the practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist)
fashion (characteristic or habitual practice)
biologism (use of biological principles in explaining human especially social behavior)
cooperation (the practice of cooperating)
featherbedding (the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required)
formalism (the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms)
one-upmanship (the practice of keeping one jump ahead of a friend or competitor)
pluralism (the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time)
symbolisation; symbolism; symbolization (the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning)
modernism (practices typical of contemporary life or thought)
habitude (habitual mode of behavior)
custom; usage; usance (accepted or habitual practice)
careerism (the practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity)
cannibalism (the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind)
ornamentalism (the practice of ornamental display)
occult; occult arts (supernatural practices and techniques)
Meaning:
Systematic training by multiple repetitions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
practice session; practice; exercise; drill; recitation
Context example:
practice makes perfect
Hypernyms ("practice" is a kind of...):
grooming; preparation; training (activity leading to skilled behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "practice"):
target practice (practice in shooting at targets)
shadowboxing (sparring with an imaginary opponent (for exercise or training))
scrimmage ((American football) practice play between a football team's squads)
brushup; review (practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory)
dry run; rehearsal (a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert))
rehearsal ((psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory)
military drill (training in marching and the use of weapons)
manual; manual of arms ((military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle)
fire drill (an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire)
Meaning:
Translating an idea into action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
praxis; practice
Context examples:
a hard theory to put into practice / differences between theory and praxis of communism
Hypernyms ("practice" is a kind of...):
effectuation; implementation (the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect)
Meaning:
The exercise of a profession
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context examples:
the practice of the law / I took over his practice when he retired
Hypernyms ("practice" is a kind of...):
employment; exercise; usage; use; utilisation; utilization (the act of using)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "practice"):
witching (the use or practice of witchcraft)
optometry (the practice of an optometrist)
medical practice (the practice of medicine)
law practice (the practice of law)
dental practice (the practice of dentistry)
cosmetology (the practice of beautifying the face and hair and skin)
consultancy (the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field)
Meaning:
Knowledge of how something is usually done
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner
Hypernyms ("practice" is a kind of...):
cognition; knowledge; noesis (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "practice"):
heritage (practices that are handed down from the past by tradition)
convention; formula; normal; pattern; rule (something regarded as a normative example)
custom; tradition (a specific practice of long standing)
• PRACTICE (verb)
Meaning:
Learn by repetition
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
practice; drill; practise; exercise
Context examples:
We drilled French verbs every day / Pianists practice scales
Hypernyms (to "practice" is one way to...):
learn; read; study; take (be a student of a certain subject)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Avail oneself to
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
practice; use; apply
Context examples:
apply a principle / practice a religion / use care when going down the stairs / use your common sense / practice non-violent resistance
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "practice"):
follow (adhere to or practice)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
exercise; practise; practice; do
Context example:
practice law
"Practice" entails doing...:
do work; work (be employed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "practice"):
shamanise; shamanize (practice shamanism)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Engage in a rehearsal (of)
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
practise; rehearse; practice
Hypernyms (to "practice" is one way to...):
do; execute; perform (carry out or perform an action)
Domain category:
performing arts (arts or skills that require public performance)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "practice"):
walk through (perform in a perfunctory way, as for a first rehearsal)
scrimmage (practice playing (a sport))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They will practice the duet
