Practice ˈpræktɪs Takes Extra Good Lot Play Regularly

• conversation practice
• it takes a lot of practice to play the violin well.
• there's a basketball practice every friday evening.
• she does an hour's piano practice every day.

practice

1. doing an activity or training regularly so that you can improve your skill; the time you spend doing this
• SEE ALSO teaching practice
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/teaching-practice
• conversation practice
• It takes a lot of practice to play the violin well.
• There's a basketball practice every Friday evening.
• She does an hour's piano practice every day.
• With practice you will become more skilled.
• I've had a lot of practice in saying ‘no’ recently!
• It takes years of practice to get it right.
• We had an extra practice session on Friday.

Extra Examples

• Don't worry if you can't do it at first—it takes practice!
• His accent should improve with practice.
• I'll be able to get in a bit of practice this weekend.
• It will be good practice for later, when you have to make speeches in public.
• The children need more practice in tying their shoelaces.
• This chapter gives students practice in using adjectives.
• We watched the swimmers go through their practice drills.
• The trainees need more practice in using the compass.
2. action rather than ideas
• the theory and practice of teaching
• She's determined to put her new ideas into practice.
• the complications that arise in actual practice
3. a way of doing something that is the usual or expected way in a particular organization or situation
• SEE ALSO best practice
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/best-practice
• Wearing gloves should be standard practice when handling pesticides.
• These methods remain current practice.
• It is a common practice to include recommendations for further action in the report.
• Everyone knows it is good business practice to listen to your customers.
• childcare policy and practice
• a review of pay and working practices
• Religious practices differ from group to group.
• I am constantly adopting new practices on my farm.
• The goverment has changed its accounting practices.
• We will follow the practice of going in alphabetical order.
• The company has ended its practice of pumping raw sewage out to sea.
• American social practices
• Certain practices exist in both public and private schools.
• Established practices are difficult to modify.
• It is standard practice not to pay bills until the end of the month.
• The bank has continued its practice of charging late fees.
• This is now common practice among ethnographers.
• changes in employment practices
• environmentally sound practices
• the company's general practice of selling through agents
• the decisions that govern our practice and our conduct
• questionable accounting practices regarding the sale of hardware
• shady business practices
• Rumours of sharp practice or dishonest dealing will ruin his career.
• We use this information to inform clinical practice.
• safe medical practices for children
4. a thing that is done regularly; a habit or a custom
• the German practice of giving workers a say in how their company is run
• It is his practice to read several books a week.

Extra Examples

• I don't make a practice of forgetting to pay my bills, I assure you!
• the ancient custom of log rolling, a practice that continues to this day
• It was my practice never to make a written record of the conversations.
5. the work or the business of some professional people such as doctors, dentists and lawyers; the place where they work
• SEE ALSO family practice
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/family-practice
• the practice of medicine
• clinical/medical practice
• Students should have prior experience of veterinary practice.
• My solicitor is no longer in practice.
• a successful medical/dental/law practice

Extra Examples

• He has been suspended from practice, pending legal investigations.
• He runs a successful legal practice in Ohio.
• It's a group practice, so you can easily change doctors.
• Martin began his own practice in 1993.
• She has opened a new practice in the town.
• She maintains a private practice as a mental health consultant.
• a physician in family practice
6. to be/become less good at doing something than you were because you have not spent time doing it recently
• Don't ask me to speak French! I'm out of practice.
• If you don't play regularly you soon get out of practice.
7. in reality
• Prisoners have legal rights, but in practice these rights are not always respected.
• The idea sounds fine in theory, but would it work in practice?
8. a way of encouraging people by telling them that if you do an activity regularly and try to improve your skill, you will become very good at it

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from practise, on the pattern of pairs such as advise, advice.