transcription, транскрипция: [ præktɪs ]
( practises, practising, practised)
Note: in AM, use 'practice'
1.
If you practise something, you keep doing it regularly in order to be able to do it better.
Lauren practises the piano every day...
When she wanted to get something right, she would practise and practise and practise.
VERB : V n , V
see also practised
2.
When people practise something such as a custom, craft, or religion, they take part in the activities associated with it.
...countries which practise multi-party politics...
Acupuncture was practised in China as long ago as the third millennium BC...
VERB : V n , V n
• prac‧tis‧ing
The church has broken the agreement, by insisting all employees must be practising Christians.
ADJ : ADJ n
3.
If something cruel is regularly done to people, you can say that it is practised on them.
There are consistent reports of electrical torture being practised on inmates.
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed on n
4.
Someone who practises medicine or law works as a doctor or a lawyer.
In Belgium only qualified doctors may practise alternative medicine...
He was born in Hong Kong where he subsequently practised as a lawyer until his retirement...
The ways in which solicitors practise are varied...
An art historian and collector, he was also a practising architect.
VERB : V n , V as n , V , V-ing
5.
to practise what you preach: see preach