practice

IPA: prˈæktʌs

Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.
(uncountable, especially medicine, art) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
(countable) A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.
The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.
A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine.
Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.
(law) The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts.
Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice.
(mathematics) An easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.

(now US) Alternative spelling of practise [(transitive) To repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.]

Examples of "practice" in Sentences

Watching what those guys do in practice is pretty impressive.
Again practice, practice, practice is what it takes to be proficient.
Portis did say that his workload this week in practice is similar to last week.
Actually, abortion in practice is almost always a back up contraception method.
It is so little opposed to practice, that it is nothing but _practice explained_.
What this turns into in practice is TV ads about how Senator Joe Szilagyi voted to kill innocent puppies.
What this does in practice is it lets the House take an action that allows the Senate bill to become law with no guarantee that the “fixes” that they vote for will also become law.
– What this does in practice is it lets the House take an action that allows the Senate bill to become law with no guarantee that the “fixes” that they vote for will also become law.
The most obvious weakness of such techniques in practice is the worry that the auction house, which earns a revenue proportional to gross auction receipts, will use the information to push up prices by inserting fake bidders.