| query | If you p_______ something, you keep doing it regularly in order to be able to do it better .If you practise something, you keep doing it regularly in order to be able to do it better . Lauren practises the piano every day. When she wanted to get something right, she would practise and practise and practise. |
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| word | practise |
| full-definition | verb If you practise something, you keep doing it regularly in order to be able to do it better . Lauren practises the piano every day. When she wanted to get something right, she would practise and practise and practise. When people practise something such as a custom, craft, or religion, they take part in the activities associated with it. ...countries which practise multi-party politics. Acupuncture was practised in China as long ago as the third millennium BC. He was brought up in a family which practised traditional Judaism. The church insisted all employees must be practising Christians. If something cruel is regularly done to people, you can say that it is practised on them. There are consistent reports of electrical torture being practised on inmates. Someone who practises medicine or law works as a doctor or a lawyer . In Belgium only qualified doctors may practise alternative medicine. He practised as a lawyer there until his retirement. The ways in which solicitors practise are varied. An art historian and collector, he was also a practising architect. |
| inflections | practisespractisingpractisedpractising |
| cefr-level | A1 |
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