habitual or customary performance; operation

office practice.

habit; custom

It is not the practice here for men to wear long hair.

repeated performance or systematic exercise for the purpose of acquiring skill or proficiency

Practice makes perfect.

condition arrived at by experience or exercise

She refused to play the piano, because she was out of practice.

the action or process of performing or doing something

to put a scheme into practice; the shameful practices of a blackmailer.

the exercise or pursuit of a profession or occupation, esp. law or medicine

She plans to set up practice in her hometown.

the business of a professional person

The doctor wanted his daughter to take over his practice when he retired.

Law . the established method of conducting legal proceedings.

Archaic . plotting; intrigue; trickery.

Usually, practices. Archaic . intrigues; plots.

to perform or do habitually or usually

to practice a strict regimen.

to follow or observe habitually or customarily

to practice one's religion.

to exercise or pursue as a profession, art, or occupation

to practice law.

to perform or do repeatedly in order to acquire skill or proficiency

to practice the violin.

to train or drill (a person, animal, etc.) in something in order to give proficiency.

to do something habitually or as a practice.

to pursue a profession, esp. law or medicine.

to exercise oneself by repeated performance in order to acquire skill

to practice at shooting.

Archaic . to plot or conspire.

noun

abstention , refrain , ignorance , neglect

verb

cease , forget , halt , neglect , stop

noun

convenance , convention , custom , fashion , form , habit , habitude , manner , method , mode , praxis , proceeding , process , rule , system , tradition , trick , usage , use , usefulness , utility , way , wont , action , assignment , background , discipline , drill , drilling , effect , experience , homework , iteration , operation , preparation , prepping , recitation , recounting , rehearsal , relating , repetition , seasoning , study , training , tune-up , work-out , career , clients , patients , profession , vocation , work , consuetude , usance , exercise , pursuit , application , dry run , orthopraxy , ply

verb

become seasoned , build up , discipline , do again , dress , dress rehearse , drill , dry run * , exercise , go over , habituate , hone , iterate , polish , prepare , recite , rehearse , run through , shake-down , sharpen , study , train , try out , tune up , walk through , warm up , work , work out , apply , carry on , do , engage in , execute , follow , fulfill , function , live up to , observe , perform , ply , pursue , put into effect , specialize in , work at , actuate , employ , exploit , implement , utilize , play , preparation , process , repeat , use