Definition of Practice

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Practice

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of rising early; the practice of making regular entries of accounts; the practice of daily exercise.

Customary or constant use; state of being used.

Skill or dexterity acquired by use; expertness.

Actual performance; application of knowledge; -- opposed to theory.

Systematic exercise for instruction or discipline; as, the troops are called out for practice; she neglected practice in music.

Application of science to the wants of men; the exercise of any profession; professional business; as, the practice of medicine or law; a large or lucrative practice.

Skillful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; art; stratagem; artifice; plot; -- usually in a bad sense.

A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.

The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts.

To do or perform frequently, customarily, or habitually; to make a practice of; as, to practice gaming.

To exercise, or follow, as a profession, trade, art, etc., as, to practice law or medicine.

To exercise one's self in, for instruction or improvement, or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to practice gunnery; to practice music.

To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do.

To make use of; to employ.

To teach or accustom by practice; to train.

To perform certain acts frequently or customarily, either for instruction, profit, or amusement; as, to practice with the broadsword or with the rifle; to practice on the piano.

To learn by practice; to form a habit.

To try artifices or stratagems.

To apply theoretical science or knowledge, esp. by way of experiment; to exercise or pursue an employment or profession, esp. that of medicine or of law.

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Practice Quotations

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Dalai Lama

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
Dalai Lama

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
Maya Angelou

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
Maya Angelou

In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.
Mark Twain

God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board.
Mark Twain

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
Mark Twain

The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.
Mark Twain

Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
Vince Lombardi

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.
Michael Jordan

Practice Translations

practice in Afrikaans is toepas, beoefen, oefening
practice in Dutch is aanwenden, doorvoeren
practice in French is pratique, pratiquent, pratiquons, pratiquez
practice in Italian is applicare
practice in Latin is meditatio

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