Practise Meaning
/ˈpɹæktɪs/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.
verbTo repeat an activity in this way.
Sentence Examples
In the long run, you will have to practise more.
Just getting one-to-one guidance was enough to make it an extremely fulfilling practise session.
You need to practise every day.
CEFR Practice Quiz
To master the piano, you must ____ for at least two hours each day.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Musicians must ____ regularly to maintain the technical skills required for professional performance.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English practizen, a variant of practisen, from Middle French pratiser, practiser, from Medieval Latin practizo, from Late Latin practico (“to do, perform, execute, propose, practise, exercise, be conversant with, contrive, conspire, etc.”), from prāctica (“practical affairs", "business”), from Ancient Greek πρᾱκτική (prāktikḗ), from πρᾱκτικός (prāktikós, “practical”), from πρᾱ́σσειν (prā́ssein, “to do”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per(h₂)- (“to go over, cross”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Hydromancy was extensively practised by the Egyptian priests and sorcerers[.]"
— 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 39:
"He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair."
— 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2012, page 162:
"Aught but Talbot's shadow whereon to practise your severity."
— 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
"As this advice ye practise or neglect."
— 1715–1720, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book VII”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:
"In malice to this good knight's wife, I practised Ubaldo and Ricardo to corrupt her."
— 1629, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, The Picture:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
To master the piano, you must ____ for at least two hours each day.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Musicians must ____ regularly to maintain the technical skills required for professional performance.