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{ "term": "practice", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "doing an activity or training regularly so that you can improve your skill; the time you spend doing this", "sensetop": "with practicepractice in doing something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "conversation practice" }, { "text": "It takes a lot of practice to play the violin well." }, { "text": "There's a basketball practice every Friday evening." }, { "text": "She does an hour's piano practice every day." }, { "text": "With practice you will become more skilled.", "contextForm": "with practice" }, { "text": "I've had a lot of practice in saying ‘no’ recently!", "contextForm": "practice in doing something" }, { "text": "It takes **years of practice** to get it right." }, { "text": "We had an extra **practice session** on Friday." }, { "text": "Don't worry if you can't do it at first—it takes practice!" }, { "text": "His accent should improve with practice." }, { "text": "I'll be able to get in a bit of practice this weekend." }, { "text": "It will be good practice for later, when you have to make speeches in public." }, { "text": "The children need more practice in tying their shoelaces." }, { "text": "This chapter gives students practice in using adjectives." }, { "text": "We watched the swimmers go through their practice drills." }, { "text": "The trainees need more practice in using the compass." } ], "topics": ["Music"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["basketball", "batting", "football"], "verb + practice": ["do", "get", "get in"], "practice + noun": ["facilities", "field", "ground"], "preposition": ["out of practice", "with practice", "practice at"], "phrases": ["be good practice for something", "practice makes perfect"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "action rather than ideas", "sensetop": "in practice", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "the **theory and practice** of teaching" }, { "text": "She's determined to **put** her new ideas **into practice**." }, { "text": "the complications that arise in actual practice", "contextForm": "in practice" } ], "collocations": { "verb + practice": ["put something into"], "preposition": ["in practice"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a way of doing something that is the usual or expected way in a particular organization or situation", "sensetop": "practice of doing something", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Wearing gloves should be **standard practice** when handling pesticides." }, { "text": "These methods remain **current practice**." }, { "text": "It is a **common practice** to include recommendations for further action in such reports." }, { "text": "Everyone knows it is **good business practice** to listen to your customers." }, { "text": "childcare policy and practice" }, { "text": "a review of pay and working practices" }, { "text": "**Religious practices** differ from group to group." }, { "text": "I am constantly **adopting** new **practices** on my farm." }, { "text": "The government has **changed its** accounting **practices**." }, { "text": "We will **follow the practice** of going in alphabetical order.", "contextForm": "practice of doing something" }, { "text": "The company has ended its practice of pumping raw sewage out to sea." }, { "text": "American social practices" }, { "text": "Certain practices exist in both public and private schools." }, { "text": "Established practices are difficult to modify." }, { "text": "It is standard practice not to pay bills until the end of the month." }, { "text": "The bank has continued its practice of charging late fees." }, { "text": "This is now common practice among ethnographers." }, { "text": "changes in employment practices" }, { "text": "environmentally sound practices" }, { "text": "the company's practice of selling through agents" }, { "text": "the decisions that govern our practice and our conduct" }, { "text": "questionable accounting practices regarding the sale of hardware" }, { "text": "shady business practices" }, { "text": "Rumours of sharp practice or dishonest dealing will ruin his career." }, { "text": "We use this information to inform clinical practice." }, { "text": "safe medical practices for children" } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["good", "recommended", "sound"], "verb + practice": ["introduce", "adopt", "employ"], "practice + verb": ["exist", "begin", "continue"], "preposition": ["practice among", "practice for", "practice in"], "phrases": [ "a change in practice", "a code of practice", "make a practice of something" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a thing that is done regularly; a habit or a custom", "sensetop": "practice of doing somethingit is somebody's practice to do something", "examples": [ { "text": "the German practice of giving workers a say in how their company is run", "contextForm": "practice of doing something" }, { "text": "It is his practice to read several books a week.", "contextForm": "it is somebody's practice to do something" }, { "text": "I don't make a practice of forgetting to pay my bills, I assure you!" }, { "text": "the ancient custom of log rolling, a practice that continues to this day" }, { "text": "It was my practice never to make a written record of the conversations." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "the work or the business of some professional people such as doctors, dentists and lawyers; the place where they work", "sensetop": "in practice", "cefr": "b2", "examples": [ { "text": "the practice of medicine" }, { "text": "**clinical/medical practice**" }, { "text": "Students should have prior experience of veterinary practice." }, { "text": "My solicitor is no longer in practice.", "contextForm": "in practice" }, { "text": "a successful medical/dental/law practice" }, { "text": "He has been suspended from practice, pending legal investigations." }, { "text": "She runs a successful legal practice in Ohio." }, { "text": "Martin began his own practice in 1993." }, { "text": "She has opened a new practice in the town." } ], "topics": ["Healthcare", "Jobs"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["successful", "clinical", "legal"], "verb + practice": ["be in", "go into", "set up in"] } }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be/become less good at doing something than you were because you have not spent time doing it recently", "examples": [ { "text": "Don't ask me to speak French! I'm out of practice." }, { "text": "If you don't play regularly you soon get out of practice." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "in reality", "examples": [ { "text": "Prisoners have legal rights, but in practice these rights are not always respected." }, { "text": "The idea sounds fine in theory, but would it work in practice?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a way of encouraging people by telling them that if you do an activity regularly and try to improve your skill, you will become very good at it", "labels": "(saying)", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈpræktɪs/", "audio": "pr/practice/practice__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈpræktɪs/", "audio": "pr/practice/practice__us_2.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from practise, on the pattern of pairs such as advise, advice." }