ALL meanings of practising
prac·tise
P p - noun practising habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice. 1
- noun practising habit; custom: It is not the practice here for men to wear long hair. 1
- noun practising repeated performance or systematic exercise for the purpose of acquiring skill or proficiency: Practice makes perfect. 1
- noun practising condition arrived at by experience or exercise: She refused to play the piano, because she was out of practice. 1
- noun practising the action or process of performing or doing something: to put a scheme into practice; the shameful practices of a blackmailer. 1
- noun practising the exercise or pursuit of a profession or occupation, especially law or medicine: She plans to set up practice in her hometown. 1
- noun practising the business of a professional person: The doctor wanted his daughter to take over his practice when he retired. 1
- noun practising Law. the established method of conducting legal proceedings. 1
- noun practising Archaic. plotting; intrigue; trickery. 1
- noun practising Usually, practices. Archaic. intrigues; plots. 1
- verb with object practising to perform or do habitually or usually: to practice a strict regimen. 1
- verb with object practising to follow or observe habitually or customarily: to practice one's religion. 1
- verb with object practising to exercise or pursue as a profession, art, or occupation: to practice law. 1
- verb with object practising to perform or do repeatedly in order to acquire skill or proficiency: to practice the violin. 1
- verb with object practising to train or drill (a person, animal, etc.) in something in order to give proficiency. 1
- verb without object practising to do something habitually or as a practice. 1
- verb without object practising to pursue a profession, especially law or medicine. 1
- verb without object practising to exercise oneself by repeated performance in order to acquire skill: to practice at shooting. 1
- verb without object practising Archaic. to plot or conspire. 1
- adjective practising active with regard to a particular religion or belief system 0
- adjective practising active in a particular profession 0
- adjective practising active with regard to a particular way of life or condition 0