practise
Plural: practises
Verb
Verb Forms: practised, practising, practises
- To perform an activity repeatedly to improve skill (British spelling).
- engage in a rehearsal (of)
- carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
- learn by repetition
- To repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.
- To repeat an activity in this way.
- To perform or observe in an habitual fashion.
- To pursue (a career, especially law, fine art or medicine).
- To conspire.
- To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do.
- To make use of; to employ.
- To teach or accustom by practice; to train.
Noun
- Obsolete spelling of practice.
- Misspelling of practice.
Examples
- He decided to PRACTISE his Scrabble skills by playing against the computer.
- If you want to speak French well, you need to practise.
- She practised law for forty years before retiring.
- They gather to practise religion every Saturday.
- You should practise playing piano every day.
Origin / Etymology
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”).
Scrabble Score: 12
practise: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpractise: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
practise: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary