Noun Definition

practice

1.Definition: a customary way of operation or behavior

"It is their practice to give annual raises", "They changed their dietary pattern"

Related Noun(s):pattern

Category: General

2.Definition: knowledge of how something is usually done

"It is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner"

Category: General

3.Definition: systematic training by multiple repetitions

"Practice makes perfect"

Related Noun(s):drill, exercise, recitation

Category: General

4.Definition: the exercise of a profession

"The practice of the law", "I took over his practice when he retired"

Category: General

5.Definition: translating an idea into action

"A hard theory to put into practice", "Differences between theory and praxis of communism"

Related Noun(s):praxis

Category: General