Practice synonyms

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habit
(Biol.) The tendency of a plant or animal to grow in a certain way; characteristic growth
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training
The process or experience of being trained
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train
To give or undergo a course of training:
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practice
The business of a professional person:
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discipline
Controlled behavior resulting from disciplinary training; self-control:
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practice session
systematic training by multiple repetitions
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use
A habitual practice, such as drug use.
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drill
Disciplined, repetitious exercise as a means of teaching and perfecting a skill or procedure.
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workout
An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
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work out
(Intransitive) To habitually exercise rigorously, especially by lifting weights, in order to increase strength or muscle mass or maintain fitness.
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sharpen up
To seek improvement through repetition
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build up
(Intransitive, idiomatic) To accumulate, to pile up, to increase in stages.
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rehearsal
The definition of a rehearsal is a practice session or practice performance done prior to a real event or before viewing by an audience.
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apply
To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person.
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perform
To do something in front of an audience, often in order to entertain it.
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refrain (antonym)
A phrase, verse, or verses repeated at intervals in a song or poem, as after each stanza
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neglect (antonym)
To fail to carry out (an expected or required action) through carelessness or by intention; leave undone
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stop (antonym)
To cease; desist from (with a gerund)
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halt (antonym)
To waver.
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cease (antonym)
To come to an end; stop:
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forget (antonym)
(--- Informal) To disregard on purpose. Usually used in the imperative:
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put-into-practice
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method (related)
Regularity and orderliness in action, thought, or expression; system in doing things or handling ideas
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ignorance (antonym)
The condition or quality of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, education, etc.
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abstention (antonym)
The definition of abstention is the act of purposely not doing something.
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exercise
To discharge (duties, for example).
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study
To pursue a course of study:
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keep in practice
To seek improvement through repetition
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employ
To use (somebody for a job, or something for a task).
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exploit
To make use of selfishly or unethically:
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implement
To bring about; to put into practice
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utilize
To utilize is to make use of something or to find a practical purpose for something.
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custom
Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing, living or behaving.
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habitude
Habitual or characteristic condition of mind or body; disposition
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praxis
An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.
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way
A degree, an amount, a sense.
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pursuit
(Cycling) A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams start on opposite sides of the track and try to catch their opponents.
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avail oneself of
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put-to-use
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work (related)
Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients.
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do (related)
(Vulgar Slang) To have sex with or bring to orgasm.
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used (related)
(Intransitive, as an auxiliary verb, now only in past tense) to perform habitually; to be accustomed [to doing something]
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usual (related)
A habitual way of behaving
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rehearse
To repeat or recite:
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practise
(Intransitive, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To repeat an activity in this way.
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commit
To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
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usage
The act, way, or extent of using or treating; treatment; use
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wont
The definition of wont is a practice or something that is usually done.
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mode
The current or customary fashion or style:
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manner
Characteristic style or method in art, music, literature, etc.
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fashion
The current style or mode of dress, speech, conduct, etc.
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repetition
The act or process or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
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iteration
A variation of a design.
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recitation
The material so presented.
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preparation
The definition of a preparation is a mixture made for a specific use.
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application
(Computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)
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prepping
Educational repetition
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patients
Plural form of patient
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clients
Plural form of client
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clientele
The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits.
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professional business. See syn. study at habit
A practitioner's custom
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repeat
(Intransitive) To do or say again (again).
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recite
To repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, often before an audience
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iterate
To say or perform again; repeat.
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go over
(Idiomatic) To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.
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run-through
To seek improvement through repetition
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work-at
To make a physical or mental effort to progress some specified task
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accustom oneself
To seek improvement through repetition
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habituate oneself
To seek improvement through repetition
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prepare
To make ready beforehand for a specific purpose, as for an event or occasion:
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warm-up
To reach a normal operating temperature (of a car for example)
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polish-up
To polish to make something shiny
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function
A quantity whose value depends on the value given to one or more related quantities. For example, the area of a square is a function of the length of its sides.
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follow
To occur or be evident as a consequence; result:
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put-into-effect
To implement; to execute; to carry out.
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hang-out-one-s-shingle
(Idiomatic) to open an office or business, especially in a profession.
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employ oneself in
To employ one's professional skill
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practice medicine
To employ one's professional skill
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practice law
To employ one's professional skill
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tradition (related)
A story, belief, custom, proverb, etc. handed down in this way
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system (related)
An organism as a whole, especially with regard to its vital processes or functions:
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dry-run
Alternative spelling of dry run.
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orthopraxy
Correct practice or action
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ply
The definition of a ply is a layer of fabric, wood or a strand of fiber.
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play
To cause to move rapidly, lightly, or irregularly:
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process
To serve a process on
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pursue
To carry further; advance:
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actuate
To cause to take action:
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pattern
A usually repeating artistic or decorative design:
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woodshed
To practice on a musical instrument.
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Synonym Study

  • Drill suggests disciplined group training in which something is taught by constant repetition to drill a squad, an arithmetic drill
  • Exercise implies putting into active use to exercise one's wits and often refers to activity, esp. of a systematic, formal kind, that trains or develops the body or mind gymnastic exercises
  • Practice implies repeated performance for the purpose of learning or acquiring proficiency he practiced on the violin every day, practice makes perfect
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