AOL: American Culture Quiz: Test yourself on baseball bests and nutty nibbles practice suggests an act or method followed with regularity and usually through choice. PRACTICE definition: habitual or customary performance; operation. See examples of practice used in a sentence.

Context Explanation

PRACTICE definition: 1. action rather than thought or ideas: 2. used to describe what really happens as opposed to what…. Learn more.

Insight Material

1. a usual or customary action or proceeding: it was his practice to rise at six; he made a practice of stealing stamps. the action or process of performing or doing something: to put a scheme into practice; the shameful practices of a blackmailer. the exercise or pursuit of a profession or occupation, esp. law or medicine: She plans to set up practice in her hometown.

Final Conclusion

Practice can be a noun or a verb, but either way it's about how things are done on a regular basis. You can practice shotput every day because your town has a practice of supporting track-and-field events. Noun practice (usually uncountable, plural practices) Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.