practise
verb/ˈpræktɪs/
/ˈpræktɪs/
(US English practice)
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they practise | /ˈpræktɪs/ /ˈpræktɪs/ |
| he / she / it practises | /ˈpræktɪsɪz/ /ˈpræktɪsɪz/ |
| past simple practised | /ˈpræktɪst/ /ˈpræktɪst/ |
| past participle practised | /ˈpræktɪst/ /ˈpræktɪst/ |
| -ing form practising | /ˈpræktɪsɪŋ/ /ˈpræktɪsɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to do an activity or train regularly so that you can improve your skill
- You need to practise every day.
- practise for something She's practising for her piano exam.
- practise something I've been practising my serve for weeks.
- She diligently practised her violin every day.
- practise something on somebody/something He usually wants to practise his English on me.
- practise on somebody/something I learned hairdressing by practising on my sister.
- practise doing something Practise reversing the car into the garage.
More Like This Verbs usually followed by -ing formsVerbs usually followed by -ing formsTopics Educationa1, Languagea1, Musica1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- diligently
- hard
- regularly
- …
- for
- on
- be well practised (in something)
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- [intransitive, transitive] to work as a doctor, lawyer, etc.
- There are over 50 000 solicitors practising in England and Wales.
- practise as something She practised as a barrister for many years.
- practise something He was banned from practising medicine.
- She practised law for more than a decade.
- [transitive] practise something (formal) to do something regularly as part of your normal behaviour
- to practise self-restraint/safe sex
- Do you still practise your religion?
Extra Examples- These methods are still practised today.
- This model of education is widely practised.
- whaling as currently practised
- Polygamy is legal there, but it is very rarely practised.
- Christians were allowed to practise their faith unmolested by the authorities.
- People found guilty of practising black magic were hanged.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- commonly
- routinely
- widely
- …
- (be) practised today
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French practiser or medieval Latin practizare, alteration of practicare ‘perform, carry out’, from practica ‘practice’, from Greek praktikē, feminine (used as a noun), of praktikos ‘concerned with action’, from prattein ‘do, act’.
Idioms
See practise in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishpractise what you preach
- to do the things yourself that you tell other people to do
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