n.
Variant: also practise
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
1 a : actual performance or application <ready to carry out in practice what they advocated in principle> b : a repeated or customary action <had this irritating practice > c : the usual way of doing something <local practice s > d : the form, manner, and order of conducting legal suits and prosecutions
2 a : systematic exercise for proficiency < practice makes perfect> b : the condition of being proficient through systematic exercise <get in practice >
3 a : the continuous exercise of a profession b : a professional business especially : one constituting an incorporeal property
synonyms see HABIT