ALL meanings of practicing
prac·tic·ing
P p - adjective practicing active, working in: a profession 1
- adjective practicing actively following: a religion 1
- adjective practicing actively working at a profession, especially medicine or law. 1
- adjective practicing actively following a specific way of life, religion, philosophy, etc.: a practicing Catholic. 1
- noun practicing habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice. 1
- noun practicing habit; custom: It is not the practice here for men to wear long hair. 1
- noun practicing repeated performance or systematic exercise for the purpose of acquiring skill or proficiency: Practice makes perfect. 1
- noun practicing condition arrived at by experience or exercise: She refused to play the piano, because she was out of practice. 1
- noun practicing the action or process of performing or doing something: to put a scheme into practice; the shameful practices of a blackmailer. 1
- noun practicing the exercise or pursuit of a profession or occupation, especially law or medicine: She plans to set up practice in her hometown. 1
- noun practicing the business of a professional person: The doctor wanted his daughter to take over his practice when he retired. 1
- noun practicing Law. the established method of conducting legal proceedings. 1
- noun practicing Archaic. plotting; intrigue; trickery. 1
- noun practicing Usually, practices. Archaic. intrigues; plots. 1
- verb with object practicing to perform or do habitually or usually: to practice a strict regimen. 1
- verb with object practicing to follow or observe habitually or customarily: to practice one's religion. 1
- verb with object practicing to exercise or pursue as a profession, art, or occupation: to practice law. 1
- verb with object practicing to perform or do repeatedly in order to acquire skill or proficiency: to practice the violin. 1
- verb with object practicing to train or drill (a person, animal, etc.) in something in order to give proficiency. 1
- verb without object practicing to do something habitually or as a practice. 1
- verb without object practicing to pursue a profession, especially law or medicine. 1
- verb without object practicing to exercise oneself by repeated performance in order to acquire skill: to practice at shooting. 1
- verb without object practicing Archaic. to plot or conspire. 1