practice

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpræktɪs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpræktɪs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(prak′tis)

Inflections of 'practice' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
practices
v 3rd person singular (US)
practicing
v pres p (US)
practiced
v past (US)
practiced
v past p (US)

Collocations for "practice"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "practice" in context.

WordReference English Collocations © 2025

practice

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. [office, work, management] practices
  2. [good, best, standard, usual, customary] practice
  3. go to [driving, golf, soccer] practice
  4. have [driving] practice [tomorrow]
  5. (use it for) target practice
  6. it takes practice (to)
  7. takes a [great deal, lot of] practice to be able to
  8. to [be this good, play that well] takes practice
  9. took [years, months, weeks] of practice [to, before]
  10. [five months] of practice
  11. [solid, constant, determined] practice
  12. put your [knowledge, skills, learning, theory] into practice
  13. [playing, teaching, throwing, driving] takes practice
  14. am [totally, really, completely] out of practice
  15. he made a practice of [giving, lending, asking, borrowing, checking]
  16. [open, own] a [medical, family, legal, dental, veterinary] practice
  17. [set up, open, work in] a dentist's practice
  18. [doctor's, lawyer's] practice
  19. the practice of [law, medicine]
  20. (perfect) practice makes perfect
n as adj
  1. a practice [session, run, piece, test]
v
  1. practice [basketball, your Spanish, your swing]
  2. practice [your scales, the guitar]
  3. practice your skills at [archery, carpentry, writing]
  4. practice the [skills, techniques] necessary (to become)
  5. practice [speaking, saying, sprinting]
  6. practice every [day, week]
  7. practice on [Wednesday]
  8. practice [hard, regularly]
  9. practice [on the field, in the classroom, at home]
  10. practice [with the team, alone, on the off season]
  11. practicing for the [game, race, competition]
  12. practice to [improve, perfect, maintain]
  13. practice [medicine, law]
  14. practice as a [doctor]
  15. practice in a [hospital, clinic, legal firm]
  16. practice [caution, healthy behavior, safe sex, forgiveness]
  17. [need to, should] practice
'practice' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Chinese - Friday - Monday - Saturday - Spanish - Thursday - advisable - alternative - apply - basketball - bit - black - breathing - child - choir - climbing - clutch - coarse - code - common - comprehension - concert - constraint - cooking - dart - ditch - divert - diving - divorce - drill - driving - dummy - era - evidence - example - exercise - extreme - football - forestry - forgiveness - fundamentals - grammar - grant - guitar - healing - hell - housekeeping - impossible - indoor - intercourse

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