Alternative spellings

• (Commonwealth) practise (used only for the verb)

Noun

Singular practice

Plural practices

practice (plural practices)

1. Repetition of an activity to improve skill.

   He will need lots of practice with those lines before he performs them.

2. The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.

   She ran a thriving medical practice.

3. The observance of religious duties which a Church requires of its members.
4. A customary action, habit, or behavior; a manner or routine.

   It is the usual practice of employees there to wear neckties only when meeting with customers.

   It is good practice to check each door and window before leaving.

5. Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.

   That may work in theory, but will it work in practice?

Practice may refer to:

• Practice (learning method), a method of learning by repetition
• Spiritual practice
• Standards & Practices, a conventional, traditional, or otherwise standardised method
• Practice of law
• Law firm, a legal practice
• Medical practice, a company which engages in the practice of medicine
• The Practice, a TV programme about a legal practice
• Target practice, any exercise in which projectiles are fired at a specified target
• Phantom practice, phenomenon in which a person's abilities continue to improve, even without practicing
• Practice-based professional learning
• Best practice