practice

Everyday

1. Practice is doing something again and again to get better at it, like playing the piano every day. tree →
2. A practice is a meeting where a team trains, like football practice. tree →
3. A practice is also the way something is usually done, a habit: it is good practice to wash your hands. tree →
4. A doctor's or dentist's practice is the place where they work. tree →
5. Practice can also be a verb, meaning to carry on an activity regularly, as a habit or skill. tree →

In the lessons

In maths: time spent practising: minutes per day, total over a week, or practice sessions counted; often a rate: total = days × time per day. In school: practice questions, spelling practice. In sport and music: practice makes you better; «practice makes perfect». Phrases: piano practice, football practice, in practice, out of practice, put into practice, practice makes perfect.

Examples

• She does 20 minutes of piano practice each day. tree →
• Football practice is 2 hours long. tree →
• How many minutes of practice in 5 days? tree →
• He went to 3 practices this week. tree →
• Practice makes perfect. tree →
• We did some spelling practice before the test. tree →
• I am out of practice, so I play slowly now. tree →
• It is good practice to check your answer. tree →
• The dentist's practice is next to the library. tree →
• But vainly they practice their cruel arts, For nought can sever our two fond hearts.’ tree →

Note

In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand the noun is «practice» and the verb is «practise» (like advice / advise); in the USA both are «practice». Often a time per day (a rate): total = days × time per day. Trap: change minutes to hours where asked (60 minutes = 1 hour).

In Jewish tradition

In maths: time spent practising: minutes per day, total over a week, or practice sessions counted; often a rate: total = days × time per day. In school: practice questions, spelling practice. In sport and music: practice makes you better; «practice makes perfect». Phrases: piano practice, football practice, in practice, out of practice, put into practice, practice makes perfect.

Examples

• "') As an early Arabian mathematiciaa Mohammed ben Musa Alkhowa- rezini said that the lodians practiced the so-called Arabian system of notation (M. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand the noun is «practice» and the verb is «practise» (like advice / advise); in the USA both are «practice». Often a time per day (a rate): total = days × time per day. Trap: change minutes to hours where asked (60 minutes = 1 hour).