different between practise vs practitioner
practise
English
Alternative forms
- practice (US)
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 pr?ctica (“practical affairs", "business”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (pr?ktik?), from ????????? (pr?ktikós, “practical”), from ????????? (pr??ssein, “to do”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: pr?k?t?s, IPA(key): /?p?ækt?s/
Verb
practise (third-person singular simple present practises, present participle practising, simple past and past participle practised)
- (transitive) To repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.
- You should practise playing piano every day.
- (intransitive) To repeat an activity in this way.
- If you want to speak French well, you need to practise.
- (transitive) To perform or observe in a habitual fashion.
- They gather to practise religion every Saturday.
- (transitive) To pursue (a career, especially law, fine art or medicine).
- She practised law for forty years before retiring.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To conspire.
- To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do.
- To make use of; to employ.
- 1629, Philip Massinger and Nathan Field, The Picture
- In malice to this good knight's wife, I practised Ubaldo and Ricardo to corrupt her.
- 1629, Philip Massinger and Nathan Field, The Picture
- To teach or accustom by practice; to train.
- In church they are taught to love God; after church they are practised to love their neighbour.
Usage notes
- In sense "to repeat an activity as a way improving one's skill" this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs.
- British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and South African English spelling distinguishes between practice (a noun) and practise (a verb), analogously with advice and advise. In American English, the spelling practice is commonly used for both noun and verb.
Derived terms
- practised
- practise what one preaches
- practising
Related terms
- practic
- practicable
- practical
- practice
- practitioner
Translations
Further reading
- practise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- practise in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Noun
practise (plural practises)
- Misspelling of practice.
Anagrams
- crispate, paretics, patrices, picrates, pie carts
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practitioner
English
Etymology
Formerly practicioner for *practicianer, from practician + -er (the suffix unnecessarily added, as in musicianer).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p?æk?t???n?/
- (US) IPA(key): /p?æk?t???n??/
Noun
practitioner (plural practitioners)
- A person who practices a profession or art, especially law or medicine.
- One who does anything customarily or habitually.
- (dated) A sly or artful person.
- c. 1572, John Whitgift, Admonition to the Parliament
- […] the men of St. John's were cunning practitioners, in shaking off their Masters and Heads.
- c. 1572, John Whitgift, Admonition to the Parliament
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
References
- practitioner at OneLook Dictionary Search
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