practicen.
/ˈpraktɪs/, U.S. /ˈpræktəs/ 1. The carrying out or exercise of a profession, esp. that of medicine or law. Also as a count noun: the business or premises of a doctor or lawyer.
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society > occupation and work > working > [noun]
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society > law > legal profession > [noun] > practice of
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the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > practice of healing art > [noun]
practice1421
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > medical practice > [noun]
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group practice1916
1421 Rolls of Parl. IV. 158/1 Many unconnyng..in the forsayd Science practiseth, and specialy in Fysyk, so that in this Roialme is every man, be he never so lewed, takyng upon hym practyse.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 281 The mysteries of mingled medicines, and the practise of Physicke.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. viii. 78 His skill in Physick was as great, as his practice therein was happy.
1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick 161 He liv'd by his Practice, as other Physicians did and do.
1735 S.-Carolina Gaz. 25 Jan. 2/2 The insignificancy of Learning in the Art of Physick may be clearly evinc'd from the Numbers of Corn-cutters, Tooth-drawers, [etc.]..who..plead a Call from within to practise: But whether the Act of Toleration includes their Practice or not, may be worth while to consider.
1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 456 So valuable a branch of knowledge as the practice of physic.
1824 Lancet 10 July 42/2 About the time that I commenced practice, (not hospital practice) a woman mentioned a curious circumstance.
1863 A. Trollope Rachel Ray II. xii. 245 You see poor Honyman hasn't got much of a practice left to him, and I don't want to take his bread out of his mouth.
1884 Law Times 24 May 61/2 There is no barrister in practice who is so thoroughly familiar with the ins and outs of bankruptcy practice.
1903 ‘T. Collins’ Such is Life iii. 97 Educated for the law, his innate honesty had shrunk from the practice of his profession.
1927 C. A. Lindbergh ‘We’ i. 2 He began his law practice in Little Falls where he served as County Attorney.
1965 Listener 18 Feb. 254/1 He has a far bigger practice than I have, and his interests are world-wide. He is President of the International Union of Architects.
1971 H. Guntrip Psychoanalytic Theory i. ii. 44 Psychodynamic theory exists to preserve and develop whatever insights we gain in clinical practice.
2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 5 May 66/1 Ten years ago, each doctor in the practice had about 2,500 patients, or about 10 a day.
2. † b. An action, a deed; an undertaking, a proceeding. Usually in plural. Obsolete.Now merged in sense 3b.† c. The action of doing something; method of action or working. Obsolete.Now merged in sense 3a.
a. The actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method, as opposed to the theory or principles of it; performance, execution, achievement; working, operation; (Philosophy) activity or action considered as being the realization of or in contrast to theory (cf. praxis n. 1a). Cf. to put into (also in) practice at Phrases 2.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > pragmatism > [noun] > elements of
practice?a1425
practical attitude1853
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 3 In practice [?c1425 Paris practique; L. practica], it byhoueþ þat he [sc. a surgeon] konne diete and farmacye.
a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 1102 (MED) Who þat slowfulle is many bokis to see, Suche oone in practice prompte shal neuir be.
a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 1487 (MED) Thei say þat practice is rote & bygynnynge Of speculacion.
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cix Suche that haue practyse and nought of speculatyfe.
1623 J. Webster Dutchesse of Malfy iv. ii. sig. I3v ‘Who do I looke like now?’ ‘Like to your picture in the gallery, A deale of life in shew, but none in practise.’
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iii. 170 He..will find the Invention only pleasing in the Theory, but not in the Practice.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub vi. 125 At every Period duely comparing the Doctrine with the Practice, there was never seen a wider Difference between two Things.
1736 Philos. Trans. 1735–6 (Royal Soc.) 39 105 The Odds in the Pendulums betwixt Theory and Practice is not greater than what may be accounted for on that Supposition.
1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. 87 [They] were eventually placed in the school of Freedom, and learned the practice as well as the principles of it by heart.
1837 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Bacon in Ess. (1887) 418 It was with difficulty that he was induced to stoop from speculation to practice.
1855 S. Osborn Let. 6 July in Russian War, 1855: Black Sea Official Corr. (Navy Rec. Soc.) (1945) 441 The excellent practice from their vessels has entailed a severe punishment upon the enemy.
1877 Mind 2 557 The dishonest purchase of goods may be admitted in economical practice, but is unknown in economical theory.
1907 F. C. S. Schiller Stud. Humanism iv. 130 It seems necessary, therefore, to conceive ‘practice’ more broadly as the control of experience... The aim of the doctrine of the ‘subordination’ of ‘theory’ to ‘practice’..is merely voluntarism.
1937 C. Morris Logical Positivism v. 67 Science has integrated and utilized all of the dimensions of meaning, and may be said to walk on the three legs of theory, fact, and practice.
1969 D. Cairns tr. E. G. A. Husserl Formal & Transcendental Logic 32 The distinction is after all a relative one; because even purely theoretical activity is indeed activity—that is to say, a practice.
2002 RAF News 25 Oct. 25/2 (advt.) The College..has developed a 2-year web-supported distance learning course which integrates theory with practice.
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the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > an act or deed
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the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > [noun] > proceedings or doings
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1547 R. Record Vrinal of Physick f. 61 He did driue away the Ague..with thonely drinkynge of his owne vryne... And menny styll do vse the same practyse, and it prouyth well.
1565 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. i. 237 No practise I cold vse that might vnlade my paine.
1639 J. Woodall Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) Pref. sig. B4 By death all mens thoughts perish, and so doth every mans private inventions and practises.
1640 Whole Bk. Psalmes: ‘Bay Psalm Bk.’ sig. *3v There is not the least foot-step of example, or precept, or colour reason for such a bold practise.
c1680 R. McWard Serm. 187 There is no law-borrows against the written vengeance, for the persons of these practices.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub ii. 63 These Opinions..were so universal, as well as the Practices of them..that [etc.].
1734 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) III. 551 Such Practices used on the part of Maryland.
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the world > action or operation > doing > [noun]
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society > education > learning > [noun] > practice or exercise
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practice1553
training exercise1801
1553 R. Eden in tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India Pref. sig. Aijv Many..haue attayned to the knowledge & practise of such wonderfull effectes.
1572 L. Mascall (title) A Booke of the Arte and maner howe to plant and graffe all sortes of trees... With diuers other newe practise, by one of the Abbey of Saint Vincent in Fraunce, practised with his owne handes.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 240 Prince But did my brother set thee on to this? Bor. Yea, and paid me richly for the practise of it. View more context for this quotation
1660 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements i. 14 The practise of this and the precedent proposition.
1721 J. Perry Acct. Stopping Daggenham Breach 121 All Vessels..may by the Practice of raising and lowering the Water in the Space between the two Pair of Gates, pass in or out of the Bason.
d. In Marxist and neo-Marxist thought: the political and social action which should result from and complement the theory of Communism. Cf. praxis n. 1b.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > communism > [noun] > Marxism > specific theories or usages
means of production1833
revolution1850
false consciousness1858
superstructure1887
proletarian revolution1888
historical materialism1892
dictatorship of the proletariat1895
synthesis1896
dialectical materialism1898
practice1899
withering away1919
base1933
praxis1933
reification1941
cultural Marxism1949
spontaneism1970
1899 Social-Democrat 3 358 (title) Social-democratic theory and practice.
1925 N. Bukharin Lenin as Marxist 17 If Leninism in practice is not the same as Marxism, then we get just that separation of theory from practice which is specially harmful for such an institution as the Institute of Red Professors.
1957 R. N. C. Hunt Guide to Communist Jargon 121 Marxism-Leninism insists..that its revolutionary theory is forged by practice, that is, by revolutionary activity. Theory without practice is sterile; practice without theory is meaningless.
1966 F. Schurmann Ideol. & Organization in Communist China p. xlvi By the time of Yenan, ‘theory’ had been canonized, and the Chinese Communists turned their attention to ‘practice’, namely organization and action.
1971 Z. A. Jordan Karl Marx i. vi. 67 Concepts such as those of progress, of the historically restricted scope of social laws, of ideology and social engineering (practice in the Marxian terminology).
1995 Slavic & E. European Jrnl. 39 472 The authors deal with Yugoslavia's contributions to Marxist practice (worker self-management and market socialism).
3.
a. The habitual doing or carrying on of something; usual, customary, or constant action or performance; conduct.
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the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > as opposed to words or theory
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the world > action or operation > doing > practice, exercise, or doing > [noun]
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > practising habitually
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c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iii. 195 Summe embesye theym-self to the practise of geometrye in byldyng and edifiyng of townes.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xi. 43 Therto is equypolent Evermore the perfyt practyse.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection sig. a. iiv In the sayd practyse of good moralyte.
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 91 Thus as necessitye hath forced vs to borowe wordes translated: so hath time and practice made theim to seeme moost pleasaunt, and therfore thei are mucht the rather vsed.
1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xiv. xci. 369 Times were when Practize also preacht, and well-said was well-done.
1614 T. Ravenscroft Briefe Disc. Musicke 22 This then I had now to say concerning the necessary Rules of this part of our Art, as pertaining to the vse of our Common Practise.
1724 J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. p. ii The Practice of setting the Life of an Author at the head of his Writings, is no less useful than it is prevailing.
1759 A. Smith Theory Moral Sentiments iii. §iii. 286 What reward is most proper for promoting the practice of truth, justice, and humanity.
a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) II. xx. 90 A mind degraded by the practice of mean subterfuge, by the habit of perfidious deception.
1897 E. G. Constantine Marine Engin. xi. 135 The amount of success attending present-day naval practice in this direction may be ascertained from the current technical press.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 390/1 He recommends the practice of setting up corn in shocks, with two sheaves to cover eight.
1959 J. W. Krutch Human Nature & Human Condition iii. 45 A whole science of exploitation by persuasion has grown up and the practice of it has become the profession of thousands.
2004 F. Lawrence Not on Label vi. 165 Strip-picking the coffee cherries in clusters..has become common practice.
b. A habitual action or pattern of behaviour; an established procedure or system. Usually with negative connotations in early use. See also to make it one's (also a) practice at Phrases 3b, to make a practice of at Phrases 3c.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun]
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > a habit or practice
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1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. vi. sig. s.i v A ryght prouffytable insygnement of the practyse that the confessour ought to holde.
1542 Act Hen. VIII Giving faithe & credit to suche fantasticall practises have dygged up and pulled downe an infinite nombre of Crosses.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 287 By this practice, the rule and regiment of the whole realme, consisted onely in the heades and orders of the Duke and the Chauncelor.
1611 B. Rich Honestie of Age (1844) 45 These diuelish practises, of poysons, of pistoles, of stabbing kniues, and of gunnepouder traynes.
1687 P. Rycaut Hist. Turks II. 62 Their extravagant Exactions, and Avanious Practices.
1704 R. Nelson Compan. Festivals & Fasts i. Prelim. Instr. 5 Grafting upon them such erroneous and superstitious Practices.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. vi. 26 A man of free principles, shewn by practices as free.
1756 J. Woolman Jrnl. (1971) i. 33 Though many kept slaves.., I still believed the practice was not right.
1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxix. 347 It was the practice of Mrs. Gamp and her friends in the profession, to say this of all the easy customers.
1888 H. James Aspern Papers (1976) i. 17 I can put her off her guard only by ingratiating diplomatic practices.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 757/2 From the entanglements of a son in alleged treasonable practices, he had to sue for..pardon from King James.
1993 Amer. Libr. Apr. 287/2 Complaints from area residents recently forced Fairfax County (Va.) and Everett (Wash.) Public Libraries to review their practices related to the dissemination of information for gay and lesbian library users.
c. Law. An established legal procedure, esp. that of a court of law; the law and custom on which such procedure is based; (Scottish) †= practic n.1 5 (obsolete).
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [noun]
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1588 A. Fraunce (title) The lawiers Logike, exemplifying the praecepts of Logike by the practice of the Common Law.
1599 J. Rainolds Overthrow Stage-playes 66 I..prooved it by the best interpreter of the lawe, the practise and consent of the ancient romans.
a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 512 As the practeis of diverse lait exemples evidentlie will schaw.
1623 T. Powell Attourneys Acad. 1 The practice heere before this time hath bin, That no Sub pœna should be sued forth of the Court of Chancerie, without a Bill of Complaint first exhibited.
1674 Kirkcudbright Town Council Rec. 26 Dec. Contrair to the laws and practis of this burghe.
1704 in A. Morgan Univ. Edinb. Charters (1937) 152 The word facultie is then first assumed and without warrand or any former practise insert in October 1686.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vii. §8. 510 The capital Practice in the Court of King's Bench, wherein he was stated before he had any Preferment.
1780 G. Crompton (title) Practice common-placed: or, the Rules and Cases of Practice in the courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas.
1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 27 The oldest book of practice..is Powell's Attorney's Academy, London, 1623.
1853 J. F. Archbold (title) The New Practice, Pleadings, and Evidence.
1912 Dict. National Biogr. 1901–11 II. 658/2 By the Administration of Justice Acts..he effectively assimilated the practice and procedure of the common law and equity courts.
1958 Amer. Jrnl. Legal Hist. 2 25 The only other early case mentioning the writ..shows a similar disregard for accepted legal practice.
1995 C. R. B. Dunlop Creditor–Debtor Law in Canada (ed. 2) iv. 98 The use of capias ad respondendum..as the opening shot in the creditor's lawsuit was imported into Canadian practice.
4. Repeated exercise in or performance of an activity so as to acquire, improve, or maintain proficiency in it; activity undertaken to this end; (also) †the familiarity with or proficiency in a subject or activity so acquired (obsolete). Also: a session of such exercise. See also Phrases 1b, out of practice at Phrases 5, practice makes perfect at Phrases 4.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > by going through beforehand
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [noun] > with a subject, skill
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1504 Treat. Enformacione & Musyke in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1908) 120 424 I, pore man, vnable of thys scyens to skylie, saue a lytyle practyse I haue by experyens.
1596 H. Knyvett Def. Realme (1906) 18 The Archers will farr sooner & more earnestlie be mooved to contynewe the practice of their bowes.
1610 Let. 7 July in A. Brown Genesis of U.S. (1890) I. 412 We have true experience how many men's lives these phisicke helpes have preserved since our coming in, God so blessing the practise and diligence of our doctor.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 164 Proceed in practise with my yonger daughter, She's apt to learne, and thankefull for good turnes.
1664 J. Playford Brief Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 4) i. 70 It was my chance lately to be in Company with three Gentlemen at a Musical practice.
1745 B. Franklin Let. 25 June (1987) 303 Every Knack being by Practice capable of Improvement.
1816 W. Lambert Instr. & Rules Cricket 13 At practice, it may be well to place a feather where the Ball should drop.
1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. iv. 87 In the forenoon we had some rifle practice at a large granite stone above the town.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 22 I absolutely forbid any public performances which entail many hours of daily severe practice.
1965 E. J. Howard After Julius i. ii. 12 She could always find something, she had had so much practice.
2000 N.Y. Times 17 Nov. d3/1 Marbury's exasperated glares and chew-out sessions melt to laughter after a game or a practice.
5. † a. The action of scheming or planning, esp. in an underhand way or malevolently; treachery; trickery. Obsolete.† c. Negotiation, conference; conspiracy with a person, collusion between parties. Obsolete (archaic in later use).
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > collusion, intrigue > [noun]
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [noun]
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > collusion, intrigue > [noun] > instance
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a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxxxiiiv The towne of Seynt Denys..was goten by treason or practyse of one named Iohn Notice a knyght of Orleaunce.
1533 J. Frith Mirror Baptism in Wks. (1572) 97 Perceyue you not yet that they would keepe you in darcknes because you shoulde not espye theyr priuy practice and sleightly conueyaunce.
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales i. iv. 7 All sauing Lepidus, through Tiberius practise, for sundrie pretended crimes were made awaie.
a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) i. 201/2 The Ship..should be surrender'd without Any Practice or Treason.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 323 It looks as if there were practice in it, to bring a stain on my name.
1877 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 3) I. v. 276 He..died a martyr's death, through the practice of the Lady Ælfthryth.
b. A scheme, a conspiracy; a stratagem, a trick. Frequently in plural. Now rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception
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the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > a plot
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1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 12 Sondry bokes..Surmyttyng and puttyng fourthe the same false and feyned practyses..to be..true myracles.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 415 This realme was..troubled with Ciuile sedition, and the craftie practises of the Frenchmen.
1586 W. Cecil Let. in H. Ellis Lett. Eng. Hist. (1825) iii. 12 The poynts of the lettres that concerned the practice against the q. ma[jes]t[ie]s person was never by hir wrytten.
a1626 W. Rowley Birth of Merlin (1662) sig. D1 It may be a practice 'twixt themselves, to expel the Brittains.
1645 T. Gataker Gods Eye on Israel 93 How many plots and practises of the popish faction..have been discovered, defeated, and returned on the heads of those, that were either plotters of them, or imployed in them?
1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iii. 243 Giving them to understand, that he was not unacquainted with their Practices.
1740 S. Johnson Drake in Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 509 Unable to obviate the Practices of those whom his Merit had made his Enemies.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xii. 2 Left-hand practices o'er the merry wine-cup.
1903 H. James Ambassadors ii. iv. 46 ‘What source was it?’..‘Well—practices.’ ‘In business? Infamies? He was an old swindler?’
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting
aughteOE
redeOE
somrunec1275
speakingc1275
counselc1290
deliberationc1405
advisement1414
commoninga1425
communingc1425
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parling1527
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practice1540
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consultation1548
parliance1553
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enterparling1557
consult1560
imparlee1565
parlance1577
imparlance1579
parliamenting1582
deliberative1590
converse1614
parliamentation1622
powwowing1642
consulting1823
powwowism1873
the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > terms of agreement > negotiating or making terms
bargain1330
treatyc1405
overture1427
chafferingc1449
treatingc1450
entreat1485
patising1530
practice1540
articulating1562
capitulation1569
entreatance1574
tractation1600
interdealing1611
negotiation1614
tractate1618
haggling1632
traffickinga1649
bargaining1669
conditioning1680
transacting1686
higgling1700
stipulation1792
treatment1828
haggle1829
coming to terms1843
1540 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VIII. 322 She ys very lothe to be knowne to have any praictes with me in any the Kinges Highnes affaires.
1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft v. viii. 107 So was there not any conference or practise betwixt them in this case.
1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour i. ii. sig. C2 He has beene all this morning In practice with a perugd Gentleman usher.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso ii. xxxvi. 286 He held secret practice with all the Poets.
a1680 Earl of Rochester Valentinian v. iii Begone and leave me I have some little practice with my soul And then the sharpest sword is welcome.
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 129 Its own maxims.., amongst which not one is stronger in practise with it, than, in matter of its dues, never to accept the will for the deed.
1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iii. 206 Somehow, gloves were drawn o'er dirt and all, And practice with the Church procured thereby.
6. A practical treatise; an exercise for students. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > education > learning > study > subject or object of study > [noun] > exercises or homework
lesson?c1225
renderc1380
vulgars1520
practicec1541
theme1545
example1562
tax1564
repetition1579
exercise1612
praxis1612
recreation1633
pensum1667
vacation-exercisea1668
version1711
task1737
thesisa1774
dictation1789
challenging1825
holiday task1827
devoir1849
homework1852
vulgus1857
cram-book1858
rep1858
banco1862
prep1866
classwork1867
preparation1875
work card1878
vacation-task1904
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > treatise or dissertation > [noun] > practical
practicec1541
c1541 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Chirurg. (title page) This lytell Practyce..in Medycyne is translated out of Laten in to Englysshe.
1571 L. Digges (title) A geometrical practise, named pantometria, diuided into three bookes.
1593 J. Udall (title) The Key of the Holy Tongve..first The Hebrue Grammar..; Secondly, A practize upon the first, the twentie fift, and the syxtie eyght Psalmes, according to the rules of the same Grammar.
1622 J. Webbe Appeale to Truth 42 The practice also of written Vse and Custome, which I shewed to a most graue, wise, and powerfull Noble-man..did so content him.
1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 87 The Manner of Tracing, reduced to Twenty Practices.
1875 (title) Piquet duties: compiled and arranged with four practices for instruction drill.
1931 F. P. Tuttle (title) Oral and silent reading practices.
1966 C. M. Wise et al. Patterns of Eng. (subtitle) A book of pattern practices for Chinese students.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [noun] > multiplication
multiplicationa1393
multiplying?a1400
ductionc1430
leadingc1430
composition1557
practice1562
postmultiplication1861
premultiplication1861
1562 H. Baker Well Sprynge Sci. iii. f. 78v The thyrde parte treateth of certayne breife rules, called rules of practise... Some there be, which doe call these rules of practise brefe rules... There be others whiche call them the small multiplication.
1582 J. Mellis in Record's Grounde of Artes (rev. ed.) iii. i. sig. Llv Briefe Rules, called Rules of Practize... The working of Multiplication in Practize,..whych is accomplished by the meanes of Diuision in taking the halfe, the third, the fourth, the fifte, or such other parts of the summe whiche is to be multiplyed.
a1678 J. Newton Compl. Arithm. (1691) xxiii. 119 When the Rule of Three direct hath 1, or an Integer for the first term, it is commonly called a Rule of practice, not only for the speedy, but the practical resolution of such questions.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Practice, in Arithmetic, Practica Italica, or Italian Usages; certain compendious ways of working the Rule of Proportion... They were thus call'd from their expediting of Practice, and Business; and because first introduced by the Merchants, and Negotiants of Italy.
1859 B. Smith Arith. & Algebra (ed. 6) 156 Practice is a compendious mode of finding the value of any number of articles by means of Aliquot Parts, when the value of an unit of any denomination is given.
1899 C. Pendlebury & W. S. Beard ‘Shilling’ Arithm. (1927) 105 Practice is a method of calculating by addition of aliquot parts the value of a simple or compound quantity, when the value of one denomination is given.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > action or practice of deceiving
swikingc1000
blindfolding?c1225
deceivancec1330
trechettingc1330
jugglingc1380
beguilingc1400
deceivingc1400
fagec1400
delusionc1420
sophisticationc1450
circumvention1534
illudinga1547
cheateryc1555
cheatingc1555
crossing1592
tricking1595
wiling?a1600
circumventing1603
practice1622
cheat1641
deluding1645
underdealing1649
amusement1658
conveyancing1676
bubbling1700
jockeyshipa1763
overreachinga1774
jockeying1779
beguilement1805
gaggery1819
trickstering1821
Jewing1842
wool-pulling1843
rigging1846
hoodwinking1858
old soldierism1866
old soldiering1867
fiddling1884
gold-bricking1901
wangling1911
finagling1926
hyping1968
1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 140 Hee thought..that the onely practise vpon their affections, was to set vp a Standard in the field.
1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre i. ii. 3 in Wks. II This is a confederacy, a meere piece of practice vpon her, by these Impostors.
1656 S. Vernon Trepan 23 Richard Armstrong was one that hated their practices upon Mr. Goodwin, and therefore..must not be entertained.
1759 R. Jackson Hist. Rev. Pennsylvania 284 This Menace..was also another Piece of Practice on the Fears of the Assembly.
Phrases
P1. in practice† a. In customary or current use, in vogue; habitually occurring or performed. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > doing > in action [phrase] > in actual practice
in deedc1385
in practice1537
in actu1548
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > in habitual or customary use [phrase]
in practice1537
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [phrase] > in customary use
in practice1537
1537 R. Pole Let. to T. Cromwell in J. P. Collier 9 Hist. Lett. 3 Such wayes I have in practyse to be moche used wyth me.
1567 Acts II. 552/1 Ane licentious abuse enterit laitlie and cum in practize within this realme.
a1640 P. Massinger Beleeue as you List (1976) iv. i. 28 Your viper wine soe much in practise with gray bearded gallants.
1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 1 Of attainment farre more certain, then hath been yet in practice.
1693 J. Dryden in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires Ded. p. viii Obsolete Words may then be laudably reviv'd, when either they are more Sounding, or more Significant than those in practice.
1724 J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. v. xxi. 259 It is perfectly unjust, but very much in practice, that fair, or ill Measures are approv'd or condemn'd, as they succeed or miscarry.
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 107 Mr. Norbert was not clear-sighted enough, not that he did not perfectly know..the very branch of imposition now in practice upon him.
1817 R. Owen New View of Society (new ed.) 169 A due comparison of the various modes now in practice, or which may be devised.
1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee Pref. p. xv It is not pretended that these laws and customs existed in England in the sixth century;..inasmuch as they existed..in..later times, it is safe..to suppose them to have been in practice in that day also.
b. In a condition of proficiency in a skill through recent repeated performance of it.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > in preparation [phrase] > in a state of preparation or readiness > in fit condition (for)
one's hand is ina1500
in practice1816
1816 J. Austen Emma II. xiv. 271 Something of that nature would be particularly desirable for me, as an inducement to keep me in practice; for married women, you know..are but too apt to give up music. View more context for this quotation
1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 116 A woodchopper..who takes a French paper, not for news..but to ‘keep himself in practice’, he being a Canadian by birth.
1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xxvii. 352 I could work both kinds of prophecy..if I chose to take the trouble to keep in practice; but I seldom exercise any but the long kind.
1911 F. H. Burnett Secret Garden viii. 72 I've skipped as much as five hundred when I was twelve, but I wasn't as fat then..an' I was in practice.
1988 S. Meredeen Study for Survival & Success 43 We may forget old lessons and we certainly need to keep in practice to maintain our performance levels in certain types of skill.
2004 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Nexis) 24 June 22 The band are playing as many gigs as they can, rather than concentrating on rehearsals, which is a seat-of-the-pants way to get in practice.
c. In reality; in practical terms; actually, as a fact.
ΚΠ
1848 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson tr. F. Knapp Chem. Technol. I. 98 Fyfe..believes, that the heat produced by coal which is actually made available in practice, is nearly the same as ought to be produced, according to theory, by the quantity of coke (carbon) which it yields.
1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. viii. 218 A saint in practice, if not in profession.
1958 K. Amis I like it Here viii. 92 The advent..of de Sousa and Bachixa was enough to drive him out of the room, which meant in practice..being driven out of the house.
1987 M. Warnock Memory iv. 65 Questions about the identity of persons often, in practice, arise because of the identity of names.
2004 Managem. Today Dec. 77/2 Many organisations preach..customer service and that HR is strategic, but do little or nothing in practice.
P2. to put into (also in) practice† b. To plot, conspire (to carry out an evil or treacherous deed). Obsolete.
a. To put into effect, execute, to carry out in action (that which has formerly been devised or discussed); †to initiate, to begin to do (obsolete); to make use of, to employ; †to bring into use (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > doing > practice, exercise, or doing > practise or carry on [verb (transitive)] > exercise or put into practice (principle or quality)
kithec1330
usec1330
apply1395
execute14..
in urec1420
exercisea1513
to put into (also in) practice1553
reduce1581
to make practice of1623
exsert1665
exert1682
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > bring or put into use
travaila1382
to bring inc1384
employ1429
inveigh1547
innovate1548
to put into (also in) practice1553
to lay to1560
induct1615
produce1697
take1732
unlimber1867
phase1949
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique i. f. 8 If any one liste to put these preceptes in practise, he maie doo, as hym liketh best.
1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. xxiv. 33 a The madnesse of men increaseably putteth it in practise.
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres Gloss. 249 Any suddaine exploit..is to be put in practise vpon the enemy.
1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. ii. 206 Instruments, which the industry of man hath found out and put in practise.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. ii. 88 Thy aduice, this night, ile put in practise.
a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 43 An invention well deserving to be put in practice in England over all moats or dykes.
1683 J. Bramston Autobiogr. 2 If dying be an art, the soldier had reason to take some tyme to studie that, which he must of necessite one day putt into practice.
1706 Boston News-let. 3 June 5/2 In this time of danger..I shall be forced to put Martial Law in practice.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. vi. 97 I could never observe this Maxim to be put in practice by any Nation except that of Lilliput.
1761 Authentic Mem. Portuguese Inquisition 17 The various tricks put in practice by this notable Fourbe, to introduce the Inquisition.
1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman vi. 270 Having been solely employed either to prepare themselves to excite love, or actually putting their lessons in practice, they cannot live without love.
1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 681/1 Logography, a system of taking down the words of an orator without having recourse to short-hand, which was put in practice during the French revolution.
1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xxv. 403 The time came when these rehearsals must be put in practice.
1915 C. P. Gilman Herland in Forerunner Nov. 293/2 Terry put in practice his pet conviction that a woman loves to be mastered.
1955 Furnit. Devel. Council Newslet. June 3/2 Efficient method study cannot be put into practice without a sound knowledge of the work in hand.
1995 J. Miller & M. Stacey Driving Instructor's Handbk. (ed. 8) iv. 100 Explain briefly why it may not be a good place and then ask the ‘pupil’ to drive away, putting into practice all they have learnt so far.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > to do something
cuneOE
seekc1000
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suec1325
tastec1330
enforcec1340
study1340
temptc1384
intendc1385
assaila1393
proffera1393
to make meansc1395
search?a1400
fraistc1400
pursuec1400
to go aboutc1405
pretend1482
attempta1513
essay?1515
attend1523
regarda1533
offer1541
frame1545
to stand about1549
to put into (also in) practice1592
prove1612
imitate1626
snap1766
begin1833
make1880
the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb] > plan to do something
lay1573
plota1586
to cast aboutc1590
to put into (also in) practice1592
plat1596
project1600
to lay abouta1618
to lay out1651
plan1718
1592 T. Kyd Trueth Murthering of Brewen 3 She put in practise to poyson him.
1706 Royal Proclam. 11 Apr. in London Gaz. No. 4218/1 It is High Treason for any..Persons to put in Practise to Absolve, Perswade or Withdraw any of Our Subjects..from their..Obedience to Us.
P3. † a. †to make practice of (a) to practise, to carry out in action; (b) to make use of, to use. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > doing > practice, exercise, or doing > practise or carry on [verb (transitive)] > exercise or put into practice (principle or quality)
kithec1330
usec1330
apply1395
execute14..
in urec1420
exercisea1513
to put into (also in) practice1553
reduce1581
to make practice of1623
exsert1665
exert1682
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)]
noteOE
take?a1160
turnc1175
usec1300
to fare witha1340
benote1340
spenda1400
usea1400
weara1400
naitc1400
occupy1423
to put (also set) in work?a1425
practise?c1430
apply1439
employ?1473
to call upon ——1477
help1489
tew1489
handle1509
exercise1526
improvea1529
serve1538
feed1540
enure1549
to make (also take) (a) use of1579
wield1601
adoperate1612
to avail oneself ofa1616
to avail oneself ofa1616
prevail1617
to make practice of1623
ploy1675
occasion1698
to call on ——1721
subserve1811
nuse1851
utilize1860
1623 J. Webster Deuils Law-case ii. iii What practice do they make of 't in their lives?
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 147 The Gun (an instrument they now make practice of).
1647 N. Nye Art of Gunnery sig. A5v Whatsoever thou findest in my Fire works, I do protest to thee, that I have made, and still do make practice of them myself; having by experience found them the best.
1680 J. Dean Dutch-Miller They shall come out of his Mill..just suitable to their Husbands humours, and dispositions, as he hath often experienced in other Countries where he hath made practice of his Art.
b. to make it one's (also a) practice: to determine to do habitually or as a rule; = to make a practice of at Phrases 3c.
ΚΠ
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xv. 44 Tamberlaine made it his practice, to reade often the Heroike deeds, of his own Progenitors.
1668 J. Hancock Brooks' String of Pearls (Notice at end) Some dishonest Booksellers, called Land-Pirats, who make it their practise to steal Impressions of other mens Copies.
1821 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Writings (1984) 55 I had always made it a practice whenever an opportunity occurred of obtaining any information of our country,..to commit it to writing.
1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain I. xii. 253 I am not one of those who..make it a constant practice to disparage the higher orders.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 903/2 He enjoyed the opportunity of daily hearing his discourse, and made it his practice faithfully to commit to writing ‘the excellent things that usually fell from him’.
1988 F. Kaplan Dickens iii. 68 He encouraged her to make it a practice to visit him.
2004 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 14 Jan. 19 I have made it my practice to ignore letters with signatures suffixed by ‘MP’ or ‘MSP’.
c. to make a practice of: to do or carry out habitually or customarily; = to make it one's (also a) practice at Phrases 3b.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > do habitually [verb (transitive)]
usec1300
maintain1384
observec1390
custom1392
practic?a1425
practise?c1430
frequent1485
to have in wonea1500
wont1530
trade1550
to make a practice of1722
1722 B. Franklin in New-England Courant 20 Aug. 1/2 No Woman..who has made a Practice of entertaining and discarding Humble Servants, without sufficient Reason [etc.].
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. xii. 269 She had formerly travelled in a Company of Gipsies, who had made a Practice of stealing away Children. View more context for this quotation
a1862 H. D. Thoreau Cape Cod (1865) x. 198 They did not make a practice of feeding cows on cod's heads.
1896 A. R. White Youth's Educator xv. 188 If she makes a practice of entering the parlor and remains there during his entire call, he should conceal his annoyance.
1911 J. London Mauki in South Sea Tales 90 White men were ferocious creatures. They had to be, or they would not make a practice of venturing..into all harbors, two on a schooner.
1932 G. Greene Stamboul Train i. i. 10 I make a practice..of always thinking the best of people.
1990 J. Welch Indian Lawyer 234 Walt made a practice of studying the movement sheets, as well as parole hearings dates.
P4. Proverb. practice makes perfect: regular exercise of an activity or skill is the way to become proficient in it.
ΚΠ
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique i. f. 3 Through practise made parfecte.]
1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide (ed. 2) 36 Practice makes perfect, as often i've read.
1791 J. Adams Diary (1961) I. 192 Practice makes perfect.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xlvii. 465 Practice makes perfect, you know.
1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea xxvii. 324 Charlotta could never flatter herself that she had quite succeeded; but practice makes perfect.
1995 Independent 27 May 29/8 Maybe the telephonically challenged have decided that practice makes perfect.
P5. out of practice: without proficiency in a skill, through not recently having exercised it; cf. Phrases 1b.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > unprepared [phrase] > out of practice
out of practice1782
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > unaccustomed to [phrase] > out of practice
one's hand is out1598
out of ure1625
out of practice1782
1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. vi. ix. 330 If it were not for a postilion and his daughter, he would be quite out of practice in scolding and swearing.
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxix. 310 ‘I—I—am rather out of practice.’ ‘Oh, do skait, Mr. Winkle,’ said Arabella.
1891 Dict. National Biogr. XXVII. 178/2 Whenever Holloway found himself out of practice in writing Latin, he used to read..Erasmus.
1937 W. H. Saumarez Smith Let. 10 July in Young Man's Country (1977) ii. 79 I last played [squash] at Buxa, so I was out of training and out of practice.
a1953 E. O'Neill Long Day's Journey (1956) iv. 151 I play so badly now. I'm all out of practice.
1992 P. David Imzadi xxxii. 248 He was out of practice, years out of practice. He'd been caught completely flat-footed.
Compounds
C1.
a. General attributive.
(a) (In sense 1.)
practice manager n.
ΚΠ
1969 Times 26 Sept. 28/1 (advt.) Practice manager wanted. National Health Service, general practice.
2000 Australian 4 July 1/5 Practice managers may be able to charge for providing facilities such as coffee or magazines so long as the patient was informed of the fee in advance.
practice nurse n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > healer > nurse > [noun] > other types
man-nurse1530
probationer nurse1584
parish nurse1716
day nurse1759
school nurse1836
Gamp1846
hospital nurse1848
pupil nurse1861
male nurse1874
district nurse1883
relief nurse1884
casualty nurse1885
bayman1888
maid nurse1895
charge-nurse1896
ward nurse1899
health visitor1901
practice nurse1912
community nurse1922
scrub nurse1927
theatre nurse1934
para-nurse1942
nurse practitioner1967
rehab nurse1977
1912 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 11 Nov. 13/2 (advt.) Practice nurses, waitresses, chambermaids.
1997 Independent 3 June (Suppl.) 9/3 While some faulty smear results are due to laboratory errors, others..are caused by inadequate smears being taken by GPs and practice nurses.
(b) (In sense 3c.)
practice direction n.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [noun] > rule or direction governing
rule1530
practice direction1942
1942 Weekly Notes 10 Jan. 19/1 (heading) Practice direction... The Judges of the Chancery Division have given the following direction: [etc.].
1997 Daily Tel. 19 May 7/2 A practice direction, issued by Lord Lane nine years ago, said an application on these grounds should be ‘dealt with sensitively and sympathetically’.
practice master n.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [noun] > rule or direction governing > one who controls or advises on
practice master1885
1885 A. Emden & E. Pearce-Edgcumbe Compl. Coll. Pract. Statutes, Orders & Rules 1147 (heading) Office Rules settled by the Practice Masters, 1880, 1881, 1882.
1937 Encycl. Court Forms & Precedents I. 13 The Master discharging this duty (called ‘the Practice Master’) takes ex parte applications and also gives advice to solicitors on points of practice and procedure.
1995 Times (Nexis) 29 Dec. The Masters' Practice Directions should, where applicable be followed [in the Admiralty Court] with such modifications as..the substitution of..‘Admiralty Registrar’ for ‘Master’ and ‘Practice Master’.
(c) (In sense 4.)
practice clothes n.
ΚΠ
1890 Davenport (Iowa) Morning Tribune 6 May The number of articles made and given to pupils was, exclusive of practice clothes and patchwork,..145 pieces of underclothing, [etc.].
1920 P. G. Wodehouse Little Warrior xi. 199 The ladies of the ensemble were changing their practise-clothes [sic] after a particularly strenuous rehearsal.
1991 C. Crisp in Dance Res. 56 Compared to the plain practice clothes and minimally staged works that dominated the 1970s, work in the 1980s has tended to be very well and very fashionably dressed.
practice crew n.
ΚΠ
1887 Cent. Mag. June 178/2 Freshmen formed a practice crew of their own.
1960 Times 28 Jan. 8/3 (caption) Members of the Cambridge Boat Race practice crew limber up.
practice dress n. chiefly Ballet
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [noun] > practice room and equipment
practice room1830
bar1883
practice dress1934
practice bar1936
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > for specific purpose > other
ball-dress1710
presentation dress1836
party frock1858
tea-gown1878
semi-evening gown1891
little black frock1898
cocktail dress1921
cocktail frock1926
little black dress1928
practice dress1934
1934 A. P. Herbert Holy Deadlock 192 The young ladies of the chorus were in ‘practice-dress’, their plump legs naked from their ‘trunks’ to their ankles.
1979 K. O'Hara Searchers of Dead xi. 116 A scrawny girl in a practice dress..chasséed below him.
2005 Independent (Nexis) 22 Sept. The clothes are almost pointedly nasty: too drab for theatrical costumes, too fussy for neutral practice dress.
practice firing n.
ΚΠ
1845 Times 7 June 8/6 The gentleman..did not fire what I call snap shooting. It appeared to me to be the common practice firing.
1940 Open Road for Boys Sept. 29/3 (advt.) You can use new model Benjamin air rifles with lever hand pump anywhere, for practice firing or just plinking around the house.
2001 Navy News Sept. (Suppl.) 2/2 Mark 8 21in torpedoes had been in widespread service for seven years, and a large number of practice firings on the China Station has eliminated teething troubles.
practice game n.
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1865 N.Y. Times 28 Mar. 5/1 Perhaps accommodation may be given for match games at cricket, but not for practice games.
1935 A. Squire Sing Sing Doctor xiv. 207 Perhaps he goes for a walk, or attends a movie, or shoots a practice game of pool.
1992 B. Roche Belfry i, in Wexford Trilogy 129 Pat. Any handball this weather? Donal. Yeah. That's where I'm goin' now. Down to the alley for a couple of practice games.
practice ground n.
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1788 Calcutta Chron. 27 Mar. On Tuesday morning next, that part of the artillery brigade now encamped on the practice ground, at Dum Dum, will march into Fort William.
1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. June 447/1 Its Cricket Club and practice-ground.
1998 Today's Golfer May 28/2 He spends as much time as anybody on the practice ground.
practice room n.
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society > leisure > dancing > place for dancing > [noun] > practice-room
practice room1830
society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [noun] > practice room and equipment
practice room1830
bar1883
practice dress1934
practice bar1936
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > place of performance or practice > [noun] > practice room
practice room1830
1830 Times 31 Aug. 3/4 Miss Caslin and I went down to the practice-room together.
1921 W. de la Mare Crossings 17 No more scales in that musty-fusty old practice-room!
2002 D. Ake Jazz Cultures v. 113 Some of the more prestigious conservatories..actually forbade the playing of jazz in the school's practice rooms.
practice run n.
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1881 Daily Gaz. (Colorado Springs) 18 Mar. If our fire laddies want to scoop in the prize at the next state tournament they had better commence their practice runs.
1939 Times 20 Feb. 12/6 These manoeuvres are designed..as a practice run for the First Army Corps at war strength.
1994 Wedding & Home June 85/3 If you are styling it yourself, have a practice run.
practice school n.
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1861 Sci. Amer. 6 Apr. 219/1 The General Government had signified a willingness to make Castle Garden a practice school, with instructors.
1900 Catholic World Mar. 744 He had founded also three practice schools connected with the normal, two boarding-schools.
1957 Times 10 Dec. 13/3 Isleworth Upper School [was] at that time used as a practice school for the Borough Road Training College for Teachers.
2002 M. Bailey et al. Improving Induction ix. 143 The best practice schools avoided these faults by ensuring that all observations are [sic] carried out in accordance with school policies.
practice session n.
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1883 Daily Gaz. & Bull. (Williamsport, Pa.) 14 June 1/3 The choruses will have improved by the practice sessions.
1964 J. Sasamori & G. Warner This is Kendo (1992) I. 52 He demanded that all of his students use both the kote and the shinai during their informal practice sessions.
2002 L. W. Freeman & G. F. Lawlis Mosby's Complementary Alternative Med. iv. 126 There were large differences in the frequency of relaxation practice within the relaxation group, with the sum of group and home practice sessions ranging from 5 to 50.
b. Instrumental.† practice-learned adj. Obsolete rare
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1887 G. M. Fenn Dick o' the Fens vii. 93 By one rapid practice-learned drag, the net was snatched over.
C2. Forming adjectives in combination with past participles, as practice-based, practice-orientated, practice-oriented, practice-related, etc.
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1959 Marriage & Family Living 21 24/1 The differences specified are not to be taken as absolute but rather as suggestive relative distinctions between the various practice-oriented fields.
1962 J. A. Ponsioen Anal. Social Change Reconsidered iv. 82 The first [sc. the constructive elite] have a practice-orientated mature and concentrate on what is to be done.
1972 Jrnl. Philos. 69 719 Gadamer also claims that these theses about interpretation are as valid for historical interpretation as they are for the more obviously practice-related forms of interpretation like those implicit in musical and dramatic performances.
1973 Accounting Rev. 48 235/1 This is a report of an academically-oriented practice-based research project.
1991 C. Tomkins Corporate Resource Allocation 181 There is considerable scope for both academic research and practice-oriented analysis of the possible interrelationships between financial management and strategic portfolio analysis.
1996 Pulse 20 Apr. 1/1 GMSC chairman Dr Ian Bogle confirmed that he was close to delivering a practice-based system of health promotion.
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practice bar n. Ballet = bar n.1 13d.
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society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [noun] > practice room and equipment
practice room1830
bar1883
practice dress1934
practice bar1936
1936 N. Streatfeild Ballet Shoes v. 65 Directly she arrived they all let go of the practice-bar.
1994 Diabetes Forecast May 20/1 It was the room you see in every Degas painting, the room with the wooden floor, mirrored wall, practice bars, piano, and chiffoned ballerinas.
practice court n. (a) Law (now historical exc. Australian), (with capital initials) a court where cases concerning issues of legal practice, applications for bail, and other miscellaneous applications are heard; (b) Tennis a tennis court set aside for players to practise on.
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1833 A. S. Dowling (title) Reports of cases argued and determined in the King's Bench Practice Court; with the points of practice decided in the Courts of Common Pleas and Exchequer.
1883 Wharton's Law-lexicon (ed. 7) at Queen's Bench The Practice Court..heard and determined common matters of practice, and ordinary motions for writs of mandamus, prohibition, etc.
1905 Los Angeles Times 28 June 113/1 A great concourse gathered around the practice courts yesterday, many abandoning matches to watch the California girl at her marvelous tennis stunts.
1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law I. 195/2 Bail court..was also known as the Practice Court.
2000 G. John & R. Sheard Stadia i. 15 In addition to these tournament facilities there are also 14 grass practice courts in the adjacent Aorangi Park.
2005 Hobart Mercury (Nexis) 2 Aug. Practice Court judge Philip Mandie granted Ms De Gois' application to have her and her 11-year-old brother made the new beneficiaries.
practice curve n. [compare German Übungs-Kurve (1921 in the passage translated in quot. 1924)] Psychology a curve or graph showing the relation of progress in learning something to the amount of practice put in.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > developmental psychology > acquisition of knowledge > [noun] > relation of practice to progress
practice curve1903
1903 Science 28 Aug. 260/1 (title) The practice-curve; a study in the formation of habits.
1924 R. M. Ogden tr. K. Koffka Growth of Mind v. 262 New configurations are also attributable to these lower centres; as is demonstrated by the fact that the practice curve improves by leaps which occur in learning new movements.
1998 A. F. Sanders Elem. Human Performance ix. 420 It takes only a few trials to arrive at the same level of proficiency as reached by those..who showed the usual, gradual practice curve.
practice note n. Law a note published by the authority of a court, judge, or other official body (sometimes under express statutory provision), usually indicating how procedures should be handled.
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1903 Times 24 Oct. 14/5 (advt.) Extracts from the County Court Act, 1888, the Rules, with practice Notes and Notes of Decisions.
1999 K. Hollingsworth & F. White Audit, Accountability, & Govt. ii. 31 (note) Practice Note 10 does not apply to health authorities or NHS trusts.
practice pad n. a non-resonant pad, typically made of rubber, on which to practise drumming.
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1939 Sunday Jrnl. & Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) 26 Mar. e1/1 The hour after hour I had spent drumming on my practice pad.
1989 Rhythm Apr. 51/1 Someone told me to go upstairs for an hour with a practice pad.
1992 Making Music May 26 For kit players who have to cope with surfaces from hard(ish) snares to spongey floor toms, and mobile cymbals, practice pads have a questionable usefulness.
practice range n. (a) originally and chiefly Military = range n.1 10; (b) Golf an area set aside for the practising of shots; = driving range n. at driving n. Compounds 3b.
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society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > weapon-training > firing practice > range
rocket range1814
firing range1833
practice range1840
range1840
gun-range1852
1840 Times 17 Sept. 3/3 It has been..the wish of the Ordnance authorities to obtain a new and more extensive practice range.
1901 North Adams (Mass.) Evening Transcript 11 July 2/5 Brother Louis..was wounded from a stray bullet from the practice range.
1931 Marion (Ohio) Star 26 Sept. 11/5 Wire armor..has been invented for caddies who retrieve balls on a golf practice range.
1983 Sunset (Nexis) Feb. 59 Several bales of hay stacked upright with supports and targets form an outdoor practice range.
2004 Daily Mail (Nexis) 1 June 69 I've never been anywhere where there is such a glut of pretence as on the practice range at a golf tournament.
practice tee n. Golf an area set aside for the practising of teeing off.
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1899 W. Camp & L. Brooks Drives & Puts 55 The practice tee was off to the right of the course.
1956 Times 10 Oct. 12/6 For all their matched sets and hours on the practice tee the number of Americans who break 100 must be considerably less than here.
1994 New Yorker 2 May 59/3 The next morning, David Leadbetter, the famed swing guru..was moving from slot to slot on the practice tee.
practice wicket n. Cricket an area containing a wicket, often surrounded by netting, set aside for the practising of bowling and batting; cf. net n.1 2c.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricket ground > [noun] > wicket > practice wicket
practice wicket1871
1871 ‘Thomsonby’ Cricketers in Council 23 Your first lessons may well be solely in hitting. Go to your practice wicket, and endeavour to hit hard..every ball that is bowled to you.
1975 Cricketer May 47/1 (advt.) Ruberoid Cricket Pitch is the year round match or practice wicket which can be used out of doors then lifted and re-laid for internal use.
2005 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 8 Sept. The 23-year-old can also reverse-swing the old ball–the rough practice wickets on the square will make that kind of movement–but not as much as Welshman Jones.
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