practice, practise

practice, practise
I
n.
habit

1) to make a practice, practise of smt.

2) a common, usual; local; universal practice, practise

3) a practice, practise to + inf. (it was her practice, practise to drink a glass of wine every evening)

exercise

4) to have practice, practise (we have practice, practise today at four o'clock)

5) target practice, practise

6) practice, practise at, in (practice, practise at tying knots)

7) the practice, practise to + inf. (I've had enough practice, practise to pass the test)

professional activity

8) (a) legal; medical; nursing; professional practice, practise

9) (of doctors) a general; group; private practice, practise

10) a lucrative practice, practise

application

11) in; into practice, practise (to put a theory into practice, practise; in theory and in practice, practise)

method of conducting business

12) sharp, unethical, unfair, unscrupulous practice, practises

13) (esp. AE) fair-trade practice, practises

USAGE NOTE: In Great Britain, private practice refers to a practice that is not under the National Health Service.
II
v.

1) (D; intr.) to practice, practise on (you can practice, practise mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on me)

2) (G) the boy practice, practised throwing the lasso


Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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