practice

learn by repetition

• “We drilled French verbs every day”
• “Pianists practice scales”

avail oneself to

• “apply a principle”
• “practice a religion”
• “use care when going down the stairs”
• “use your common sense”
• “practice non-violent resistance”

carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions

• “practice law”

engage in a rehearsal (of)

a customary way of operation or behavior

• “it is their practice to give annual raises”
• “they changed their dietary pattern”

systematic training by multiple repetitions

• “practice makes perfect”

translating an idea into action

• “a hard theory to put into practice”
• “differences between theory and praxis of communism”

the exercise of a profession

• “the practice of the law”
• “I took over his practice when he retired”

knowledge of how something is usually done

• “it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner”