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{
"term": "practise",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "practise",
"heSheIt": "practises"
},
"pastSimple": "practised",
"pastParticiple": "practised",
"ingForm": "practising"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to do an activity or train regularly so that you can improve your skill",
"sensetop": "practise for somethingpractise somethingpractise something on somebody/somethingpractise on somebody/somethingpractise doing something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "You need to practise every day."
},
{
"text": "She's practising for her piano exam.",
"contextForm": "practise for something"
},
{
"text": "I've been practising my serve for weeks.",
"contextForm": "practise something"
},
{
"text": "She diligently practised her violin every day."
},
{
"text": "He usually wants to practise his English on me.",
"contextForm": "practise something on somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "I learned hairdressing by practising on my sister.",
"contextForm": "practise on somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Practise reversing the car into the garage.",
"contextForm": "practise doing something"
}
],
"topics": ["Education", "Language", "Music"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["diligently", "hard", "regularly"],
"preposition": ["for", "on"],
"phrases": ["be well practised (in something)"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to work as a doctor, lawyer, etc.",
"sensetop": "practise as somethingpractise something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "There are over 50 000 solicitors practising in England and Wales."
},
{
"text": "She practised as a barrister for many years.",
"contextForm": "practise as something"
},
{
"text": "He was banned from **practising medicine**.",
"contextForm": "practise something"
},
{
"text": "She **practised law** for more than a decade."
}
],
"topics": ["Jobs"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to do something regularly as part of your normal behaviour",
"sensetop": "practise something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to practise self-restraint/safe sex"
},
{
"text": "Do you still practise your religion?"
},
{
"text": "These methods are still practised today."
},
{
"text": "This model of education is widely practised."
},
{
"text": "whaling as currently practised"
},
{
"text": "Polygamy is legal there, but it is very rarely practised."
},
{
"text": "Christians were allowed to practise their faith unmolested by the authorities."
},
{
"text": "People found guilty of practising black magic were hanged."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["commonly", "routinely", "widely"],
"phrases": ["(be) practised today"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to do the things yourself that you tell other people to do",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpræktɪs/",
"audio": "pr/practise/practice__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpræktɪsɪz/",
"audio": "pr/practise/practises__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpræktɪst/",
"audio": "pr/practise/practised__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpræktɪsɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/practise/practising__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpræktɪs/",
"audio": "pr/practise/practise__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpræktɪsɪz/",
"audio": "pr/practise/practises__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpræktɪst/",
"audio": "pr/practise/practised__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpræktɪsɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/practise/practising__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French practiser or medieval Latin practizare, alteration of practicare ‘perform, carry out’, from practica ‘practice’, from Greek praktikē, feminine (used as a noun), of praktikos ‘concerned with action’, from prattein ‘do, act’."
}