| practice | | |
| n. (act) | 1. pattern, practice | a customary way of operation or behavior.; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern" |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ biologism | use of biological principles in explaining human especially social behavior. |
| ~ cooperation | the practice of cooperating.; "economic cooperation"; "they agreed on a policy of cooperation" |
| ~ featherbedding | the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required. |
| ~ formalism | the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms. |
| ~ one-upmanship | the practice of keeping one jump ahead of a friend or competitor. |
| ~ pluralism | the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time. |
| ~ symbolism, symbolisation, symbolization | the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning. |
| ~ modernism | practices typical of contemporary life or thought. |
| ~ occult arts, occult | supernatural practices and techniques.; "he is a student of the occult" |
| ~ ornamentalism | the practice of ornamental display. |
| ~ cannibalism | the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind. |
| ~ careerism | the practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity. |
| ~ custom, usage, usance | accepted or habitual practice. |
| ~ habitude | habitual mode of behavior. |
| ~ fashion | characteristic or habitual practice. |
| ~ lobbyism | the practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist. |
| ~ slaveholding, slavery | the practice of owning slaves. |
| ~ peonage | the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged. |
| ~ unwritten law | law based on customary behavior. |
| ~ lynch law | the practice of punishing people by hanging without due process of law. |
| ~ mistreatment | the practice of treating (someone or something) badly.; "he should be punished for his mistreatment of his mother" |
| ~ nonconformism | the practice of nonconformity. |
| ~ calisthenics, callisthenics | the practice of calisthenic exercises.; "calisthenics is recommended for general good health" |
| ~ popery, papism | offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| ~ quotation | the practice of quoting from books or plays etc..; "since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation" |
| ~ ritual | the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies. |
| ~ ritualism | exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship. |
| ~ naturism, nudism | going without clothes as a social practice. |
| ~ systematism | the habitual practice of systematization and classification. |
| ~ cross dressing, transvestism, transvestitism | the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex. |
| n. (act) | 2. drill, exercise, practice, practice session, recitation | systematic training by multiple repetitions.; "practice makes perfect" |
| ~ grooming, training, preparation | activity leading to skilled behavior. |
| ~ fire drill | an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire. |
| ~ manual of arms, manual | (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle. |
| ~ military drill | training in marching and the use of weapons. |
| ~ rehearsal | (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory. |
| ~ dry run, rehearsal | a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert).; "he missed too many rehearsals"; "a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding" |
| ~ brushup, review | practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory. |
| ~ scrimmage | (American football) practice play between a football team's squads. |
| ~ shadowboxing | sparring with an imaginary opponent (for exercise or training). |
| ~ target practice | practice in shooting at targets. |
| n. (act) | 3. practice, praxis | translating an idea into action.; "a hard theory to put into practice"; "differences between theory and praxis of communism" |
| ~ effectuation, implementation | the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect. |
| n. (act) | 4. practice | the exercise of a profession.; "the practice of the law"; "I took over his practice when he retired" |
| ~ consultancy | the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field.; "a business management consultancy" |
| ~ cosmetology | the practice of beautifying the face and hair and skin. |
| ~ dental practice | the practice of dentistry. |
| ~ law practice | the practice of law. |
| ~ medical practice | the practice of medicine. |
| ~ optometry | the practice of an optometrist. |
| ~ private practice | the practice of a profession independently and not as an employee.; "he teaches at the medical school but his fortune came from private practice"; "lawyers in private practice are in business and must make a profit to survive" |
| ~ usage, use, utilisation, utilization, exercise, employment | the act of using.; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" |
| ~ witching | the use or practice of witchcraft. |
| n. (cognition) | 5. practice | knowledge of how something is usually done.; "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner" |
| ~ cognition, knowledge, noesis | the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning. |
| ~ custom, tradition | a specific practice of long standing. |
| ~ normal, convention, rule, pattern, formula | something regarded as a normative example.; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors" |
| ~ heritage | practices that are handed down from the past by tradition.; "a heritage of freedom" |
| v. (social) | 6. do, exercise, practice, practise | carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions.; "practice law" |
| ~ do work, work | be employed.; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" |
| ~ shamanise, shamanize | practice shamanism. |
| v. (cognition) | 7. drill, exercise, practice, practise | learn by repetition.; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales" |
| ~ learn, study, read, take | be a student of a certain subject.; "She is reading for the bar exam" |
| v. (creation) | 8. practice, practise, rehearse | engage in a rehearsal (of). |
| ~ performing arts | arts or skills that require public performance. |
| ~ perform, do, execute | carry out or perform an action.; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" |
| ~ walk through | perform in a perfunctory way, as for a first rehearsal. |
| ~ scrimmage | practice playing (a sport). |
| v. (social) | 9. apply, practice, use | avail oneself to.; "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance" |
| ~ apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize | put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose.; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer" |
| ~ follow | adhere to or practice.; "These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion" |
| v. (social) | 10. commit, practice | engage in or perform.; "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness" |
| ~ engage, pursue, prosecute | carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in.; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion" |
| skillful | | |
| adj. | 1. adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skilful, skillful | having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching" |
| ~ skilled | having or showing or requiring special skill.; "only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team"; "a skilled surgeon has many years of training and experience"; "a skilled reconstruction of her damaged elbow"; "a skilled trade" |
| adj. | 2. nice, skillful | done with delicacy and skill.; "a nice bit of craft"; "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer"; "a nice shot" |
| ~ precise | sharply exact or accurate or delimited.; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment" |
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