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practice, n.
(practices)
freq. cnt. 34
more info a customary way of operation or behavior
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 45 freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 22

pattern practice

sample sentences

"it is their practice to give annual raises"
"they changed their dietary pattern"
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derivationally related form
practical practical practice
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pattern
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hypernym
activity
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biologism cooperation featherbedding formalism one-upmanship pluralism symbolism, symbolization, symbolisation modernism occult, occult arts ornamentalism cannibalism careerism custom, usage, usance habitude fashion lobbyism slavery, slaveholding peonage unwritten law lynch law mistreatment nonconformism calisthenics, callisthenics popery, papism quotation ritual ritualism nudism, naturism systematism transvestitism, transvestism, cross dressing
more info systematic training by multiple repetitions
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

drill exercise practice practice session recitation

sample sentences

"practice makes perfect"
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practice practice
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derivationally related form
exercise
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derivationally related form
drill drill
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hypernym
training, preparation, grooming
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fire drill manual of arms, manual military drill rehearsal rehearsal, dry run review, brushup scrimmage shadowboxing target practice
more info translating an idea into action
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

practice praxis

sample sentences

"a hard theory to put into practice"
"differences between theory and praxis of communism"
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hypernym
implementation, effectuation
more info the exercise of a profession
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

practice

sample sentences

"the practice of the law"
"I took over his practice when he retired"
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practice practice
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hypernym
use, usage, utilization, exercise, employment, utilisation
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consultancy cosmetology dental practice law practice medical practice optometry private practice witching
more info knowledge of how something is usually done
<noun.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

practice

sample sentences

"it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner"
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hypernym
knowledge, cognition, noesis
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tradition, custom rule, pattern, convention, formula, normal heritage