Practice

Definition: Practice

Practice

Noun

1. A customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern".

2. Systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect".

3. Translating an idea into action; "a hard theory to put into practice"; "differences between theory and praxis of communism".

4. The exercise of a profession; "the practice of the law"; "I took over his practice when he retired".

5. Knowledge of how something is customarily done: "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner".

Verb

1. Learn by repetition.

2. Avail oneself to; "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance".

3. Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions: "practice law".

4. Engage in a rehearsal (of).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "practice" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Practice \Prac"tice\, noun. [from Old English expression praktike, practique, French pratique, formerly also, practique, Late Latin expression practica, from the Greek expression, from practical. See Practical, and compare to Pratique, Pretty.]. (references)

Language

Law

Medicine

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Practice

Action

Verb: do, perform, execute; achieve; (complete); transact, enact; commit, perpetrate, inflict; exercise, prosecute, carry on, work, practice, play.

Conduct

Course of conduct, line of conduct, line of action, line of proceeding; role; process, ways, practice, procedure, modus operandi, MO, method of operating; method; path.

Impulse

Prescription, custom, use, usage, immemorial usage, practice; prevalence, observance; conventionalism, conventionality; mode, fashion, vogue; etiquette; (gentility); order of the day, cry; conformity; consuetude,.dustoor.

Numeration

Notation, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rule of three, practice, equations, extraction of roots, reduction, involution, evolution, estimation, approximation, interpolation, differentiation, integration.

Teaching

Train, discipline; bring up, bring up to; form, ground, prepare, qualify; drill, exercise, practice, habituate, familiarize with, nurture, drynurse, breed, rear, take in hand; break, break in; tame; preinstruct; initiate; inure; (habituate).

Drill, practice; book exercise.

Use

Ply, work, wield, handle, manipulate; play, play off; exert, exercise, practice, avail oneself of, profit by, resort to, have recourse to, recur to, take betake oneself to; take up with, take advantage of; lay one's hands on, try.

Crosswords: Practice

No, I was just saying that so you could practice! (American Pie 2; writing credit: Adam Herz; David H. Steinberg)

I've compiled a list of his traits for you to practice. Number oneis dancing (Lilo & Stitch; writing credit: Chris Sanders)

Just a little aerial target practice, sir. Didn't want to leave 'em behind (Black Hawk Down; writing credit: Ken Nolan)

Too bad you can't practice getting taller, boys (Space Jam; writing credit: Leonardo Benvenuti; Steve Rudnick)

We would practice on each other, trying to find sticks that would break (Good Will Hunting; writing credit: Matt Damon; Ben Affleck)

I need a chick that practice Tai Chi (Hey Papi; performing artist: Jay-Z)

I practice all my lines to a telephone while you were sleeping (Answer The Phone; performing artist: Sugar Ray)

Over and over, practice makes perfect (Play that funky music; performing artist: Vanilla Ice)

In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made School Boards. (references; author: Mark Twain)

First secure an independent income, then practice virtue. (references; author: Greek Proverb)

Autopsy is a dying practice. (references; author: unknown)

There are some days I practice positive thinking. And other days I'm not positive, I am thinking. (references; author: unknown)

At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What is hell?" Come early and listen to our choir practice. (references; author: unknown)

Pick a partner and practice passing, for if you pass proficiently, perhaps you'll play professionally. (references; author: unknown)

Crabbe's Practice (1967)

Practice Makes Perfect (1940)

Religion and Gun Practice (1913)

Getting Up a Practice (1913)

Sharp Practice (1912)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Detection in Analytical Chemistry: Importance, Theory, and Practice (Acs Symposium Series, Vol 361) (reference)

• Chicanery at the Canal: Changing Practice in Irrigation Management in Western Mexico (Cedla Latin American Studies , No 65) (reference)

• Principles and Practice of Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry (reference)

• Kinship Foster Care: Policy, Practice, and Research (Child Welfare, a Series in Child Welfare Practice, Policy and Research) (reference)

• The Child Welfare Challenge: Policy, Practice, and Research (Modern Applications of Social Work (Paper)) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Dttp Quarterly Journal Of Government Information Practice & Perspective (reference)

• California Limited Liability Company Forms And Practice Manu (reference)

• Connecticut Limited Liability Company Forms And Practice Man (reference)

• Dc Limited Liability Company Forms And Practice Manual (reference)

• Delaware Limited Liability Company Forms And Practice Manual (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Power Yoga:The Practice (reference)

• Tony Trischka's Essential Practice Techniques for Bluegrass Banjo (reference)

• Yoga Journal: Yoga Practice for Beginners (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• John Beckwith: Keyboard Practice, Upper Canadian Hymn Preludes, etc. (reference)

• Uncommon Practice (reference)

• Asana 1: Soul Practice (reference)

• Yoga Zone: Music for Yoga Practice (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Virtual Sailing: Discovery & Practice (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Rabbit on golf practice green, The Boulders, Carefree, Arizona. Credit: CDC.

Fire and emergency response personnel practice techniques for hazardous materials containment and removal. Credit: CDC.

Apollo 13 Astronauts Practice Moonwalk at KSC. Credit: NASA.

Conrad and Cooper Practice Survival Training. Credit: NASA.

Norman Porter On LYDONIA Served with Marines in WWII Went into private surveying practice after war. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The Coast Survey Plate by James McNeill Whistler This plate was a practice copper plate engraving by Whistler. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Launching meteorological balloons on the stern of the METEOR; gun practice; working on a rolling deck; air-conditioning for the crew (sleeping on deck in hammocks.) Plate 19. Library Call Number C/La S755. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 48. Test float devised by Prince Albert I of Monaco and Georges Pouchet in 1887 to study currents. This float was never used in practice. This float was made by the instrument-maker E. Deriveau. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 555th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, arrived in Sidi Slimane Air Base, Morocco, in support of exercise African Eagle. African Eagle is a biannual exercise designed to practice dissimilar air to air training with t.

A Crew Chief from the 555th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, marshals F-16 fighter planes deployed to Sidi Slimane Air Base, Morocco, in support of African Eagle exercise. African Eagle is a bi-annual exercise designed to practice dissimilar air.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But when we consider, that the practice of the strong and powerful, how universal soever it may be, is seldom the rule of right, however it be one part of the subjection of the conquered, not to argue against the conditions cut out to them by the conquering sword. (Second Treatise of Government)

It would declare that an act which, according to the principles and theory of our government, is entirely void, is yet, in practice, completely obligatory. (reference)

In political practice, therefore, they join in all coercive measures against the working class; and in ordinary life, despite their high falutin phrases, they stoop to pick up the golden apples dropped from the tree of industry, and to barter truth, love, and honour for traffic in wool, beetroot-sugar, and potato spirits. (reference)

A similar recognition shall be accorded to the certificates and documents issued to their vessels by the Governments of new States, whether they have a sea-coast or not, provided that such certificates and documents shall be issued m conformity with the general practice observed in the principal maritime States. (reference)

Let us preach what we practice - let us practice - what we preach. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I suppose there is not a man in such practice anywhere

Really, for a man who had been out of practice for so many years, it was a splendid laugh, a most illustrious laugh

The practice in the park came to an end when Mike Flynn went into hospital

Somewhere in the camp a guitar sounded, slow chords, struck without any sequence, practice chords

The learned among them confess the absurdity of this doctrine, but the practice still continues, in compliance to the vulgar

The things which they practice are said not yet to be known

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Practice good hygiene. (references)

Regulate a doctor's practice. (references)

They do require time, effort, and continued practice. (references)

Business

Most Tibetans practice Buddhism to some degree. (references)

Minorities, in practice, are discriminated against. (references)

Direct distribution, however, is still common practice. (references)

Children

Liberia

It is illegal to discriminate against persons with disabilities; however, in practice they do not enjoy equal access to public buildings or government services. (references)

France

A 1991 law requires new public buildings to be accessible to persons with disabilities, and the Government generally enforces these provisions in practice; however, many older buildings and public transportation are not accessible. (references)

South Africa

The provincial department of health reported at least 18 deaths, 5 mutilations, and 42 hospitalizations during the summer initiation season that began in September 2000. In December 2000, provincial health authorities began to regulate the practice by requiring the presence of trained medical personnel during the rituals. (references)

Civil Liberties

Brunei

The country's largest circulation daily newspaper, the Borneo Bulletin, appeared to practice self-censorship in its choice of topics to avoid angering the Government. (references)

Greece

The Orthodox Church and the Jewish and Muslim religions are considered by law to be "legal persons of public law." Other religions are considered "legal persons of private law." In practice a primary distinction is that establishment of other religions' "houses of prayer" is regulated by the general provisions of the Civil Code regarding corporations. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

In Croat-majority West Mostar, minority students theoretically have the right to take classes in non-Catholic religions; however, this option does not exist in practice. (references)

Discrimination

Yugoslavia

While Federal and Republic-level laws provide for equal rights for all citizens, regardless of ethnic group, religion, language, or social status, and prohibit discrimination against women; however, in practice the legal system provides little protection for such groups. (references)

Croatia

While most of these rights were observed in practice, discrimination against women, and against Serbs and Roma continued. (references)

Somalia

The Somaliland Constitution also contains provisions that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex and national origin; however, these rights were not respected in practice. (references)

Economic History

Thailand

Increasing compliance with International Standards Organization (ISO) and Food and Drug Administration standard requirements (GMP, HACCP) is becoming a key issue to Thai companies serving both the domestic and international export markets . Such safety concerns and standard requirements include implementation of European Union food safety requirements beginning in 2001, that extend food safety verification down the production line to ingredients suppliers; the need for all 8,000 food processors and 200 pharmaceutical manufacturers in Thailand to have a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certificates by 2003 (and all new facilities to be issued one as soon as 2001); and the requirement for Thai processed food exporters to comply with Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations . The analytical instrument market in Thailand is largely supplied by imports, with the U.S. market share approx. (references)

Tunisia

THE 1963 OPIC AGREEMENT WITH TUNISIA IS CURRENTLY UNDER REVISION TO REFLECT CHANGES IN BOTH LAW AND PRACTICE. (references)

Turkey

A common and very effective support practice by European principals is to invite the agent to the principal's country every year for an annual sales meeting. (references)

Human Rights

Argentina

Under national regulations, pretrial prisoners may not be held together with convicted prisoners; however, reliable reports indicate that this segregation of prisoners often is not respected in practice. (references)

Yemen

The ostensible purpose of this practice is to demonstrate to the families of victims that justice has been served and to prevent blood feuds between tribes. (references)

Yemen

Although several female judges continue to practice in Aden, there are no female judges in northern courts. (references)

Minorities

Niger

There generally were amicable relations between the various religious communities; however, there have been instances when members of the majority religion (Islam) were not tolerant of the rights of members of minority religions to practice their faith. (references)

Syria

Although the Asad Government stopped the previous practice of stripping Kurds in Syria of their Syrian nationality (some 120,000 lost Syrian nationality under this program in the 1960's), it never restored their nationality. (references)

Pakistan

Many Christians continue to express fear of forced marriages between Muslim men and Christian women, although the practice is relatively rare. (references)

Political Economy

Burma

Prison conditions remained harsh and life threatening, although conditions have improved slightly in some prisons since the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was allowed access to prisons beginning in 1999. Arbitrary arrest and detention for expression of dissenting political views continued to be a common practice, although this decreased to some extent during the year. (references)

Laos

The Lao People's Democratic Republic is an authoritarian, Communist, one-party state ruled by the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP). Although the 1991 Constitution outlines a system composed of executive, legislative, and judicial branches, in practice the LPRP continued to control governance and the choice of leaders through its constitutional "leading role" at all levels. (references)

Ghana

In theory and practice, Parliament sets its own agenda and determines how it should be carried out. (references)

Political Rights

Kenya

M.P.'s are entitled to introduce legislation, but in practice it is generally the Attorney General who does so. The President significantly influences the legislative agenda. (references)

Oman

Citizens have indirect access to senior officials through the traditional practice of petitioning their patrons, usually the local governor, for redress of grievances. (references)

Norway

No restrictions in law or practice hinder women's participation in government and politics. (references)

Trade

Bahrain

Contracting companies: Generally, a foreign contracting company is required to have a local representative to practice in Bahrain. (references)

Bahrain

The Committee For Organizing Engineering Professional Practice (CFOEPP), under the Ministry of Works and Agriculture, is the government body responsible for licensing. (references)

Bahrain

Engineering offices: A foreign engineering company is not required to have a local representative to practice in Bahrain. (references)

Travel

Singapore

The East Asian practice of presenting a business card with both hands is observed. (references)

Uzbekistan

Exceptions are made for "honored foreign guests", and this practice does not apply to business gatherings. (references)

Qatar

It should be noted that health insurance is not a common practice in Qatar. (references)

Women

Philippines

Harassment of nonprofessionals by managers is thought to be a common practice in many sectors. (references)

Philippines

In law but not always in practice, women have most of the rights and protections accorded to men. (references)

Tanzania

Some local government officials have begun to combat the practice and have convicted and imprisoned some persons who performed FGM on young girls, and there were prosecutions during the year. (references)

Worker Rights

Italy

When an employer and a union fail to reach an agreement, courts may step in to determine fair wages on the basis of practice in comparable activities, although this rarely happens in practice. (references)

Laos

Labor recruiters in the country usually are citizens with experience in cross-border labor and, for the most part, with no connection to organized crime, commercial sexual exploitation, or the practice of involuntary servitude. (references)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

While neither the Constitution nor the law specifically address bonded labor, it has not been a problem in practice. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "practice": acquire through practice ♦ bad practice ♦ be in practice ♦ carry a theory into practice ♦ Chamber practice ♦ clinical practice guideline ♦ code of fair information practice ♦ code of fair practice ♦ code of good practice ♦ common practice ♦ concerted practice ♦ customary practice ♦ dental practice ♦ Dentist's Practice Patterns ♦ driving practice ♦ Family Practice ♦ general practice ♦ good agricultural practice ♦ good practice ♦ group practice ♦ in practice ♦ Independent Practice Associations ♦ Institutional Practice ♦ intelligent system for automatic processing of design codes of practice ♦ law practice ♦ legal practice ♦ Legal Practice Course ♦ medical practice ♦ Mortuary Practice ♦ Nursing Faculty Practice ♦ out of practice ♦ Partnership Practice ♦ Physician's Practice Patterns ♦ Practice (Psychology) ♦ practice a deceit ♦ practice alarm ♦ practice ammunition ♦ practice brainstorming ♦ practice bundling ♦ practice chicanery ♦ practice flight ♦ practice game ♦ Practice Guideline [Publication Type] ♦ Practice Guidelines ♦ practice his job ♦ practice law ♦ practice makes perfect ♦ Practice Management ♦ practice management service ♦ practice match ♦ practice medicine ♦ practice mine ♦ practice of law ♦ practice of medicine ♦ practice on ♦ practice range ♦ practice run ♦ practice session ♦ practice teacher ♦ practice upon ♦ practice usury ♦ Practice Valuation and Purchase ♦ Private Practice ♦ Professional Kinesiology Practice ♦ Professional Practice ♦ Professional Practice Location ♦ Public Health Practice ♦ put a plan in practice ♦ put in practice ♦ put into practice ♦ recommended practice ♦ religious practice ♦ sexual practice ♦ sharp practice ♦ skull practice ♦ socially responsible business practice ♦ software Practice and Experience ♦ standard practice ♦ target practice ♦ voice practice ♦ want of practice ♦ workshop practice. Additional references.

Beginning with "practice": practice-based, practice-friendly, practice-ground, practice-orientated, practice-oriented, practice-related, practice-room.

Ending with "practice": theory-practice.

Afrikaans

toepas (apply), oefening (exercise), beoefen (exert), beoefening. (various references)

Albanian

punë (affair, affairs, appointment, avocation, berth, business, concern, concernment, deed, doing, duty, employ, engagement, function, job, labor, labour, make, making, metier, movement, occupation, office, operation, question, service, shebang, slot, task, task-work, thing, work), profesion (calling, career, employment, lay, line, metier, occupation, profession, trade, vocation, walks of life), praktikë (inurement, praxis, procedure), pacientë, zakon (consuetude, custom, groove, habit, habitude, institute, institution, inurnment, knack, manners, mode, praxis, rut, tradition, usage, use, way, wont), ushtruar (practiced), ushtrim (discipline, drill, exercise, training), stërvitor, stërvitje (coaching, discipline, dressage, drill, drilling, exercise, training, workout), biznes (business). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تمرين (coaching, drill, pack drill, student teaching, training), ‏عادة (as a rule, commonly, custom, freak, generally, groove, habit, habit of body, institution, observance, ordinarily, praxis, rite, rubric, rule, usage, usually, wont), ‏عيادة (clinic, office, sickbay), ‏زبائن, ‏زبائن الطبيب أو المحامي, ‏زاول (practise), ‏تدرب (drill, exercise, intern, practise, train, training, work out), ‏التطبيق العلمي, ‏تقاليد (lore, mores, traditions), ‏مكتب محاماة, ‏مران, ‏مارس (carry out, engage in, execute, exercise, fulfil, fulfill, march, operate, perform, pursue, set one's hand to), ‏مخالطة (relation), ‏معاشرة (relation), ‏مزوالة, ‏مهنة (avocation, business, calling, career, craftsmanship, function, job, metier, occupation, profession, pursuit, trade, vocation, work), ‏ممارسة (exercise, pursuit), ‏تدريب (coaching, discipline, drilling, exercise, schooling, traineeship, training). (various references)

Asturian

practicar (to practice). (various references)

Basque

mintzapraktikarako (for practice). (various references)

Breton

bleustriñ (to practice). (various references)

Bulgarian 

навик (custom, habit, habitude, knack, manner, use, wont), прилагам (adjoin, administer, apply, attach, bestow, carry out, enclose, enforce, execute, join, practise, pursue, put through, subjoin), приложение (addendum, adjunct, annex, application, enclosure), привичка (habit, habitude, inurement, rut, use), практика (experience, praxis), практикувам (exercise, ply, practise, prosecute), имам навик (practise), за упражнение, упражнявам (drill, exercise, exert, pace, ply, practise, profess, pursue, rehearse, train), обичай (consuetude, convention, custom, habit, institution, manner, manners, memorial, observance, praxis), клиентела (clientage, clientele, connection, connexion, custom, patronage, trade), тренирам (coach, drill, educate, exercise, fit, form, practise, train, work out), тренировка (drill, drilling, exercise, schooling, training, workout), тренировъчен, упражнение (drilling, exercise), процедура (procedure). (various references)

Catalan

exercici (exercise). (various references)

Cebuano

magbansay-bansay (to practice). (various references)

Chinese 

肄 (descendants, distress), 演習 (exercise, to act, to put on a play), 操練 (drill), 作法 (course of action, method of doing something, modus operandi), 实践 (on-the-job, Practiced, Practicing, Practise, practised), 實際 (actual, reality). (various references)

Czech

procvièování, praxe (experience), postup (advance, approach, consecution, course, course of action, procedure, process, progress, progression, run, working), zkušenost (experience), upotřebení (use, utilization), cvièení (drill, exercise, exercises). (various references)

Danish

øvelse (exercise). (various references)

Dutch

oefenen (exercise, practise), doorvoeren (accomplish, achieve, act out, apply, carry through), aanwenden (apply, employ, make use of, turn to account, use). (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua

yachacuriana (to practice). (various references)

Esperanto

praktiko, praktiki (exert), praktikado, ekzerco (exercise), ekzerci sin (practise), ekzercaj, apliki (apply). (various references)

Faeroese

verk (work), venjing (exercise), starv (function, job, mission, office, post, profession), nýta (apply, employ, make use of, turn to account, use). (various references)

Farsi 

پرداختن(بکاری) (Practise), ممارست کردن (Practise, Ure), ممارست (Practise, Ure, Use), ورزش (Exercise, Pastime, Ploy, Practise, Sport), تمرین کردن (Drill, Practise, Rehearse), تمرین (Drill, Exercise, Practise, Rehearsal, Ure, Use, Workout), تکرار (Frequency, Practise, Recapitulation, Reduplication, Rehearsal, Renewal, Repeat, Repetition, Tautology, Use), برزیدن (Practise), برزش (Practise). (various references)

Finnish

praktiikka, tottumus (custom, habit), tapa (custom, fashion, habit, manner, mode, mores, usage, way), menettely (action), käytäntö (custom, usage, use), harjoitus (drill, exercise, rehearsal, training), harjoittelu (training), harjaannus (exercise). (various references)

Flemish

oefenen. (various references)

French

pratique (practical, practise), exercice, usage, pratiquer (practise). (various references)

French Canadian

pratiquer (to practice). (various references)

Frisian

praktyk, brûke (apply, employ, make use of, to use, turn to account, use). (various references)

Galician

practicares. (various references)

German

Praxis (custom, doctor's office, experience, field, surgery), praktizieren (exert), Praktik (method, policy, procedure, trick), Brauch (convention, custom, fashion, habit, mores, ordinance, rite, tradition, usage, use, way), übung (drill, exercise, gymnastics, routine, seminar), üben (drill, exercise, practise, to exercise, to practise). (various references)

Greek 

πρακτική (experience, practise), έθιμο (custom, practise), άσκηση (drill, exercise, practise). (various references)

Haitian Creole

pratike. (various references)

Hebrew 

מעשה (act, action, conduct, deed, doing, fact, incident, manufacture, occupation, occurrence, thing), להתמחות (become an expert, major, master, specialize), תשנון (repetition), תרגיל (drill, etude, exercise, training), תרגול (drill, exercise, rehearsal, training), פרקטיקה, רגילות (custom, habit, habituation), נוהג (conduct, custom, habit, praxis, procedure, usage). (various references)

Hungarian

gyakorlás (cultivation, exercise). (various references)

Icelandic

æfingar. (various references)

Indonesian

praktek, menganut (submit), mendidikkan, latihan (exercise, rehearsal, training), budaya (culture). (various references)

Inuktitut

pilimmaksaqluni (to practice). (various references)

Irish

cleachtadh. (various references)

Italian

praticare (associate with, exercise, exert, follow, frequent, make, practise, put into practice), esercizio (accounting year, exercise, exertion, shop), applicare (apply, dab, enforce, put on, stick on), usanza (custom, habit, rite, ritual, usage, use), pratica (dossier, exercise, experience, file, negotiations, surgery, training), esercitare (conduct, drill, exercise, exert, operate, ply, practise, profess, run, to bear, wield). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

実践 (put into practice), 実行 (carrying out, performance). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

プラクティス , なれ (experience), ならいごと (accomplishment, lesson), しゅうれん (astringency, contraction, convergence, culture, discipline, drill, extraction, heavy taxation, training), くんれん (training), れんしゅう, れんま (cultivation, training), けいこ (study, training), じっしゅう (net income or profits or pay, training), じっせん (actual fighting, combat, put into practice, solid line), じっこう (efficacy, efficiency, execution, performance, realization), じっち (the actual site), てならし (exercise, training), えんしゅう (circumference, exercises, manoeuvers). (various references)

Korean 

연습. (various references)

Macedonian

vezba (to practice). (various references)

Malagasy

enti-mizatra. (various references)

Malay

mempelajari (exert, study), latihan (exercise). (various references)

Manx

roortys (exercise, homework, leisure activity, trial of strength), cliaghtey (acclimatization, acclimatize, custom, exercise, familiarization, familiarize, fashion, follow, follow as trade, formality, habit, habituate, institution, inure, practise, profess, prosecute, prosecution, rehearsal, rehearse, seasoning, train, usage), aght (Parliamentary act, plight, procedure, skill, style, system). (various references)

Maori

parakitihi-tia (to practice). (various references)

Mohawk

-teweyenhstha' (to practice). (various references)

Papiamen

praktiká (exert), práctica, ehersisto (exercise), apliká (apply), adaptá (accommodate, adapt, adjust, apply, attune, fit, fix, mount, place, tune). (various references)

Pig Latin

acticepray.(various references)

Polish

zadanie (exercise). (various references)

Portuguese

prática (background, exercise, experience, manner, rule, sermon, use), praticar (commit, exert, practise, profess, to practice, use), exercer (exercise, exert, practise, prosecute), exercício (assignment, exercise, prosecution, training, workout). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

pratique. (various references)

Provencal

practicar (to practice). (various references)

Romanian

practicare (exercise), practicã (application, praxis, use), obicei (consuetude, convention, custom, dead letter, groove, habit, habitude, manner, observance, praxis, rut, tradition, usage, use, way, wont), metodã (means, method, policy, process, school, system, way), instrucţie (education, examination, instruction, literacy, schooling, teaching, training, tuition), folosire (application, availability, duty, employment, usage, use, utilization), exerciţiu (drill, exercise, homework, study), clienţi, aplicare (adhibition, appliance, application, apposition, infliction), aplica (adhibit, administer, affix, append, apply, enforce, give, implement, imprint, inflict, seal), antrenament (absorbing, drill, spar, training, workout), activitate (action, activity, business, function, operation, work, working), acţiuni reprobabile. (various references)

Romansch

pratitgar (to practice). (various references)

Ruanda

kwimenyereza (to practice). (various references)

Russian 

учебный (dummy, instructional, scholastic, sparring), умение (ability, art, cleverness, competence, knack, know how, proficiency, skilfulness, skill), упражнение (exercise, gymnastics), происки, практиковать практика, практика (inurement, proceeding), деятельность (action, activities, activity, losing battle). (various references)

Samoan

e faataitai (to practice). (various references)

Scottish

cleachdainn (custom, habit, use). (various references)

Sepedi

tlwaeta
a (to practice). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

praksa (practicing, praxis), vršiti (administer, do, exert, perform, practise, pursue), vežba (exercise), uvežbati (drill, train), upražnjavati, sudski postupak (judicial proceeding), ordinirati, običaj (consuetude, custom, wont), obavljati (administer, carry on), navika (habit, habitude, routine, wont), školski (academic, dummy, school). (various references)

Shona

-dzidzira (to practice). (various references)

Somali

laylis. (various references)

Spanish

practicar (cut, cut out, drive, practise), ejercicio (drill, exercise, practicing, practise, practising, prosecution, test), práctica (observance, practicing, practising, praxis), emplear (apply, employ, engage, exercise, hire, Hunt, invest, job, lay out, occupy, place, put forth, put in, use, work). (various references)

Swedish

praktik (experience, praxis), övning (exercise, praxis, rehearsal, training), vana (custom, experience, fashion, habit, institution, knack, rule, way, wont), idka (carry on), öva (exercise, practise, rehearse, train). (various references)

Thai

ทำ (บางสิ่ง) เป็นประจำ (make a practice / business of). (various references)

Tswana

dira (do, worked). (various references)

Turkish

pratik yapmak (practise), pratik (applied, businesslike, convenient, experience, handy, practical, praxis, rough and ready), pratýk, etmek (achieve, act, add up to, aggregate, carry out, cost, do, get, have, make, pay, perform, practise, render, say, send, step, subject, take, tender, total), çalışma (action, exercise, gear, job of work, labor, labour, praxis, priming, running, starting, study, training, work, working, workout), çalışmak (aim, aim at, behave, catch, endeavor, endeavour, fire, function, labor, labour, operate, practise, serve, start, start up, struggle, study, try, work), adet edinmek (fall into a habit, form a habit, practise, routinize, use), alışkanlık (consuetude, custom, habit, habitude, praxis, routine, use, wont), alışkanlık haline getirmek (be wont to do, make a habit of, practice on, practice upon, practise, practise on, practise upon, routinize), alıştırma (breaking in, exercise, familiarization, green run, training), alıştırma yapmak (practise, train), deneme (assay, bash, crack, dissertation, effort, essay, experiment, experimentation, fling, go, pilot, probation, proof, proving, shakedown, shot, study, tentative, test, testing, touch, trial, try, try out, whack, workout), deneyim kazanmak (gain experience, practise), dolap çevirmek (collude, gerrymander, machinate, maneuver, manoeuvre, practise, scheme, set a snare), eğitim (education, instruction, instructional, schooling, training), ısınma (calefaction, heat, heating, thaw, tune up, warm, warming, warmup), entrika çevirmek (cabal, intrigue, machinate, play politics, practise, scheme), yapmak (accomplish, achieve, acquit oneself, act, architect, build, carry out, carve out, contrive, create, do, engineer, establish, execute, fashion, father, fulfil, fulfill, get, go over, go through, have, implement, land, make, perform, perpetrate, ply, practise, produce, profess, put on, put through, set, take, transact, turn out, weave), gerçekleştirmek (achieve, actualize, carry out, carry through, effect, effectuate, execute, follow out, follow through, make real, materialize, practise, put into practice, realize, substantiate, verify), hile (adulteration, artifice, arts, canard, catch, cheat, cheating, chicane, cobweb, collusion, craft, cross, deceit, deception, decoy, device, do, dodge, doubling, dupery, duplicity, fake, false pretences, false pretenses, finesse, flam, flimflam, fraud, gadget, gaff, gambit, gammon, gimmick, gouge, hanky panky, have, have on, hocus pocus, hokey-pokey, hoky-poky, humbug, imposture, jiggery pokery, maneuver, manipulation, manoeuvre, plant, ploy, pretense, rig, rigging, rip off, ruse, sell, sham, sleight of hand, slyness, subterfuge, tortuosity, trick, trickery, wheeling and dealing, wile), tatbikat (operation, sham battle), teknik (mechanism, science, style, technic, technical, technics, technique, wrinkle), usul (brand, cut, formality, gently, method, modus, observance, order, procedure, process, quietly, rite, system, technique, usage, way, wise), uygulama (administration, application, effect, enforcement, execution, exercise, implementation, praxis, pursuance, technic, technics), uygulmak, yöntem (cast, deal, form, gateway, how, line, method, modality, mode, modus, order, procedure, proceeding, process, rite, system, tack, technic, technics, technique, the way, way, wise), egzersiz (exercise, setting-up exercises, training). (various references)

Turkmen 

praktika (r). (various references)

Ukrainian

ритуал (agendum, ceremonial, ceremony, observance, ritual, sacramental), вправа (drill, drilling, exercise, gymnastic), звичай (consuetude, convention, custom, habit, habitude, mode, observance, praxis, rite, usage, way, wont), процесуальне право, практика (praxis), діяльність (action, activity, function). (various references)

Vietnamese 

phòng khám bệnh (consulting-room), thực tiễn thói quen, thực hành, mưu đồ (intrigue, plot, scheme), lệ thường sự rèn luyện. (various references)

Welsh

ymarfer (accustom, exercise), arferiad (custom, habit, use), arfer (accustom, custom, habit, use). (various references)

praktikos, praxis. (various references)

exerce, exerceant, exercebant, exercebantur, exercebatur, exercebor, exercebuntur, exercens, exercent, exercentes, exercentibus, exerceo, exercere, exercerent, exercete, exercetis, exercitabar, exercitatio, exercitatis, exercitatos, exercitatum, exercitatus, exercitu, exercitum, exercitus, exercuerant, exercuerat, exercuere, exercuerunt, exercuit, meditabar, meditabatur, meditaberis, meditabitur, meditabor, meditabuntur, meditandum, meditare, meditarer, meditata, meditati, meditatio, meditatur, meditatus, meditentur. (various references)

practicus. (various references)

practicare, praxis. (various references)

practiser, user. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "practice": practiced, practicer, practicers, practices. (additional references)

Words ending with "practice": malpractice. (additional references)

Words containing "practice": malpractices. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Practice" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pactice, partici, particu, pracrtice, practi, practic, Practica, practicke, practicle, Practico, practics, practlce, Praktica, praktike, pratica, pratice, Pratie, prattica, precice, precitice, ractise. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: caprice, paretic, picrate, practic.

-2 letters: accept, acetic, arctic, capric, carpet, cretic, icecap, ipecac, pectic, pirate, preact.

-3 letters: apter, areic, atrip, cacti, caper, caret, carpi, carte, cater, cerci, ceria, ceric, circa, citer, crape, crate, crept, cripe, epact, erica, irate, pacer, pater, peart, pieta, prate, price, react, recap, recta, recti, retia, taper, tapir, terai, trace.

+1 letter: accipiter, practiced, practicer, practices.

+2 letters: accipiters, pancreatic, practicers.

+3 letters: accipitrine, malpractice, narcoleptic, practicable, precritical, reaccepting, reciprocate.

+4 letters: accipitrines, archetypical, cataphoretic, chalcopyrite, epicuticular, malpractices, narcoleptics, overcapacity, perspicacity, plutocracies, precipitance, precipitancy, preeclamptic, reciprocated, reciprocates, reciprocator, reoccupation.

+5 letters: cephalometric, chalcopyrites, contraception, contraceptive, ectoparasitic, hypercritical, impracticable, intraspecific, microparticle, petrochemical, phallocentric, plantocracies, practicalness, precipitances, preoccupation, pyrotechnical, reciprocating, reciprocation, reciprocative, reciprocators, reoccupations, supercritical.