practice

Noun
  1. A customary way of operation or behavior (synset 100411260)
    "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern"
    is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
    subtypes:
    • biologism - use of biological principles in explaining human especially social behavior
    • cooperation - the practice of cooperating
    • 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
    • symbolisation, symbolism, symbolization - the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning
    • modernism - practices typical of contemporary life or thought
    • occult, occult arts - supernatural practices and techniques
    • 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
    • nonconformism - the practice of nonconformity
    • calisthenics, callisthenics - the practice of calisthenic exercises
    • papism, popery - offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church
    • quotation - the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.
    • 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
    same as: pattern
  2. Systematic training by multiple repetitions (synset 100896250)
    "practice makes perfect"
    is a type of: grooming, preparation, training - activity leading to skilled behavior
    subtypes:
    • fire drill - an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire
    • manual, manual of arms - (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)
    • 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
    same as: drill, exercise, practice session, recitation
  3. Translating an idea into action (synset 100412061)
    "a hard theory to put into practice"; "differences between theory and praxis of communism"
    is a type of: effectuation, implementation - the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect
    same as: praxis
  4. The exercise of a profession (synset 100632621)
    "the practice of the law"; "I took over his practice when he retired"
    is a type of: employment, exercise, usage, use, utilisation, utilization - the act of using
    subtypes:
  5. Knowledge of how something is usually done (synset 105675040)
    "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner"
    is a type of: cognition, knowledge, noesis - the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
    subtypes:
Verb
  1. Carry out or practice;
    As of jobs and professions (synset 202574587)
    "practice law"
    entail: do work, work - be employed
    subtypes: shamanise, shamanize - practice shamanism
    same as: do, exercise, practise
  2. Learn by repetition (synset 200607488)
    "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"
    is a type of: learn, read, study, take - be a student of a certain subject
    same as: drill, exercise, practise
  3. Engage in a rehearsal (of) (synset 201727101)
    referred to in: performing arts - arts or skills that require public performance
    is a type of: do, execute, perform - carry out or perform an action
    subtypes:
    • walk through - perform in a perfunctory way, as for a first rehearsal
    • scrimmage - practice playing (a sport)
    same as: practise, rehearse
  4. Avail oneself to (synset 202567247)
    "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance"
    subtypes: follow - adhere to or practice
    same as: apply, use
    verb group: apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
  5. Engage in or perform (synset 202380559)
    "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
    is a type of: engage, prosecute, pursue - carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
    same as: commit

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