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practice

n.

A customary action
habit, usage, use, wont; see custom 2, tradition 1.
A method
mode, manner, fashion; see method 2, system 2.
Educational repetition
exercise, drill, repetition, iteration, rehearsal, recitation, preparation, study, discipline, application, training, workout, prepping*.
A practitioner's custom
work, patients, clients, clientele, professional business. See syn. study at habit, practice,habit, practice,
v.

practice Synonyms

practice

v.

To seek improvement through repetition
drill, train, exercise, study, rehearse, repeat, recite, iterate, go over, run through, keep in practice, work at, accustom oneself, habituate oneself, prepare, warm up, work out, polish up*, sharpen up*, woodshed*, build up*.
To employ one's professional skill
function, work at, follow, put into effect, hang out one's shingle, employ oneself in, practice medicine, practice law.

practice implies repeated performance for the purpose of learning or acquiring proficiency he practiced on the violin every day, practice makes perfect; 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; drill suggests disciplined group training in which something is taught by constant repetition to drill a squad, an arithmetic drill

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Another word for practice

verb

To do or perform repeatedly so as to master:
rehearse. See work
To subject to or engage in forms of exertion in order to train, strengthen, or condition:
drill, exercise, train, work out. See work
To work at, especially as a profession:
pursue. See do, work
To put into action or use:
actuate, apply, employ, exercise, exploit, implement, use, utilize. Idioms: avail oneself of, bring into play, bring to bear, make use of, put into practice, put to use. See used

noun

A habitual way of behaving:
consuetude, custom, habit, habitude, manner, praxis, usage, usance, use, way, wont. See usual
Repetition of an action so as to develop or maintain one's skill:
drill, exercise, rehearsal, study, training. See work
A working at a profession or occupation:
pursuit. See do, work