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n.
habit
1) to make a practice of smt.
2) a common, usual; local; universal practice
3) a practice to + inf. (it was her practice to drink a glass of wine every evening)
exercise
4) to have practice (we have practice today at four o'clock)
5) target practice
6) practice at, in (practice at tying knots)
7) the practice to + inf. (I've had enough practice to pass the test)
professional activity
8) (a) legal; medical; nursing; professional practice
9) (of doctors) a general; group; private practice
10) a lucrative practice
application
11) in; into practice (to put a theory into practice; in theory and in practice)
method of conducting business
12) sharp, unethical, unfair, unscrupulous practices
13) (esp. AE) fair-trade practices
USAGE NOTE: In Great Britain, private practice refers to a practice that is not under the National Health Service.
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v.
1) (D; intr.) to practice on (you can practice mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on me)
2) (G) the boy practiced throwing the lasso