practice
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(noun) a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern" |
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Synonyms: pattern |
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Related Words: activity, biologism, cannibalism, careerism, cooperation, cross dressing, custom, fashion, featherbedding, formalism, habitude, lynch law, mistreatment, modernism, naturism, nudism, one-upmanship, peonage, popery, ritual, ritualism, slavery, symbolism, transvestism, transvestitism, unwritten law, usage |
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(noun) translating an idea into action; "a hard theory to put into practice"; "they put their plans into practice" |
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Related Words: effectuation, implementation |
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(noun) the exercise of a profession; "the practice of the law"; "I took over his practice when he retired" |
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Related Words: dental practice, employment, exercise, law practice, medical practice, optometry, usage, use, utilisation, utilization |
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(verb) avail oneself to; "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs" |
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Synonyms: apply, use |
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Related Words: carry out, effect, follow |
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(verb) carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions: "practice law" |
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Synonyms: carry out, do, exercise, practise |
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Related Words: shamanize, take up, turn to |
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(noun) knowledge of how something is customarily done: "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner" |
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Related Words: S.O.P., SOP, cognition, convention, custom, formula, heritage, knowledge, normal, pattern, rule, standard operating procedure, tradition |
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(noun) systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect" |
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Synonyms: drill, exercise, practice session |
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Related Words: brushup, drill, dry run, fire drill, grooming, manual, manual of arms, military drill, preparation, rehearsal, review, run through, scrimmage, shadowboxing, target practice, training |
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(verb) learn by repetition |
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Synonyms: drill, exercise, practise |
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Related Words: learn, read, study, take |
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(verb) engage in a rehearsal (of) |
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Synonyms: practise, rehearse |
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Related Words: do, execute, perform, scrimmage |
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