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Skill and Practice Definitions

Skill

Proficiency, facility, or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training or experience
Painted with great skill.

Practice

To do or perform habitually or customarily; make a habit of
Practices courtesy in social situations.

Skill

A developed talent or ability
Improved his writing skills.

Practice

To do or perform (something) repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill
Practice a dance step.

Skill

An art, trade, or technique, particularly one requiring use of the hands or body
The skill of glassmaking.

Practice

To give lessons or repeated instructions to; drill
Practiced the students in handwriting.
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Skill

(Obsolete) A reason; a cause.

Practice

To work at, especially as a profession
Practice law.

Skill

Capacity to do something well; technique, ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities, which are often thought of as innate.
Where did you pick up that skill?
With great skill, she navigated through the tricky passage.
Doing that coaching course not only taught me useful skills on the field, but also some important life skills.

Practice

To carry out in action; observe
Practices a religion piously.

Skill

(obsolete) Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.

Practice

(Obsolete) To plot (something evil).
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Skill

(obsolete) Knowledge; understanding.

Practice

To do something repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill
With any musical instrument, you need to practice to get better.

Skill

(obsolete) Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.

Practice

To work at a profession
How long has that lawyer been practicing?.

Skill

Great, excellent.

Practice

To do or perform something habitually or repeatedly
Why not practice in the same manner that you preach?.
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Skill

(transitive) To set apart; separate.

Practice

(Archaic) To intrigue or plot.

Skill

To discern; have knowledge or understanding; to know how (to).

Practice

A habitual or customary action or way of doing something
Makes a practice of being punctual.

Skill

To know; to understand.

Practice

Repeated performance of an activity in order to learn or perfect a skill
Practice will make you a good musician.

Skill

(intransitive) To have knowledge or comprehension; discern.

Practice

A session of preparation or performance undertaken to acquire or polish a skill
Goes to piano practice weekly.
Scheduled a soccer practice for Saturday.

Skill

(intransitive) To have personal or practical knowledge; be versed or practised; be expert or dextrous.

Practice

(Archaic) The skill so learned or perfected.

Skill

To make a difference; signify; matter.

Practice

The condition of being skilled through repeated exercise
Out of practice.

Skill

(video games) To spend acquired points in exchange for skills.

Practice

The act or process of doing something; performance or action
A theory that is difficult to put into practice.

Skill

Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
For great skill is, he prove that he wrought.

Practice

Exercise of an occupation or profession
The practice of law.

Skill

Knowledge; understanding.
That by his fellowship he color mightBoth his estate and love from skill of any wight.
Nor want we skill or art.

Practice

The business of a professional person
An obstetrician with her own practice.

Skill

The familiar knowledge of any art or science, united with readiness and dexterity in execution or performance, or in the application of the art or science to practical purposes; power to discern and execute; ability to perceive and perform; expertness; aptitude; as, the skill of a mathematician, physician, surgeon, mechanic, etc.
Phocion, . . . by his great wisdom and skill at negotiations, diverted Alexander from the conquest of Athens.
Where patience her sweet skill imparts.

Practice

A habitual or customary action or act
That company engages in questionable business practices. Facial tattooing is a standard practice among certain peoples.

Skill

Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.
Richard . . . by a thousand princely skills, gathering so much corn as if he meant not to return.

Practice

(Law) The procedure for trial of cases in a court of law, usually specified by rules.

Skill

Any particular art.
Learned in one skill, and in another kind of learning unskillful.

Practice

The act of tricking or scheming, especially with malicious intent.

Skill

To know; to understand.
To skill the arts of expressing our mind.

Practice

A trick, scheme, or intrigue.

Skill

To be knowing; to have understanding; to be dexterous in performance.
I can not skill of these thy ways.

Practice

Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
He will need lots of practice with the lines before he performs them.

Skill

To make a difference; to signify; to matter; - used impersonally.
What skills it, if a bag of stones or goldAbout thy neck do drown thee?
It skills not talking of it.

Practice

An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.
Being on a team is hard: you're always having to go to practice while everyone else is taking it easy.
I have choir practice every Sunday after church.

Skill

An ability that has been acquired by training

Practice

The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.

Skill

Ability to produce solutions in some problem domain;
The skill of a well-trained boxer
The sweet science of pugilism

Practice

(countable) A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.
She ran a thriving medical practice.

Practice

The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.

Practice

A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine.
It is the usual practice of employees there to wear neckties only when meeting with customers.
It is good practice to check each door and window before leaving.

Practice

Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.
That may work in theory, but will it work in practice?

Practice

(legal) The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts.
This firm of solicitors is involved in family law practice.

Practice

Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice.

Practice

(math) A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.

Practice

(US) practise

Practice

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of rising early; the practice of making regular entries of accounts; the practice of daily exercise.
A heart . . . exercised with covetous practices.

Practice

Customary or constant use; state of being used.
Obsolete words may be revived when they are more sounding or more significant than those in practice.

Practice

Skill or dexterity acquired by use; expertness.

Practice

Actual performance; application of knowledge; - opposed to theory.
There are two functions of the soul, - contemplation and practice.
There is a distinction, but no opposition, between theory and practice; each, to a certain extent, supposes the other; theory is dependent on practice; practice must have preceded theory.

Practice

Systematic exercise for instruction or discipline; as, the troops are called out for practice; she neglected practice in music.

Practice

Application of science to the wants of men; the exercise of any profession; professional business; as, the practice of medicine or law; a large or lucrative practice.
Practice is exercise of an art, or the application of a science in life, which application is itself an art.

Practice

Skillful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; art; stratagem; artifice; plot; - usually in a bad sense.
He sought to have that by practice which he could not by prayer.

Practice

A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.

Practice

The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts.

Practice

To do or perform frequently, customarily, or habitually; to make a practice of; as, to practice gaming.

Practice

To exercise, or follow, as a profession, trade, art, etc., as, to practice law or medicine.

Practice

To exercise one's self in, for instruction or improvement, or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to practice gunnery; to practice music.

Practice

To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do.
As this advice ye practice or neglect.

Practice

To make use of; to employ.
In malice to this good knight's wife, I practiced Ubaldo and Ricardo to corrupt her.

Practice

To teach or accustom by practice; to train.
In church they are taught to love God; after church they are practiced to love their neighbor.

Practice

To perform certain acts frequently or customarily, either for instruction, profit, or amusement; as, to practice with the broadsword or with the rifle; to practice on the piano.

Practice

To learn by practice; to form a habit.
They shall practice how to live secure.
Practice first over yourself to reign.

Practice

To try artifices or stratagems.
He will practice against thee by poison.

Practice

To apply theoretical science or knowledge, esp. by way of experiment; to exercise or pursue an employment or profession, esp. that of medicine or of law.
[I am] little inclined to practice on others, and as little that others should practice on me.

Practice

A customary way of operation or behavior;
It is their practice to give annual raises
They changed their dietary pattern

Practice

Systematic training by multiple repetitions;
Practice makes perfect

Practice

Translating an idea into action;
A hard theory to put into practice
Differences between theory and praxis of communism

Practice

The exercise of a profession;
The practice of the law
I took over his practice when he retired

Practice

Knowledge of how something is usually done;
It is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner

Practice

Learn by repetition;
We drilled French verbs every day
Pianists practice scales

Practice

Avail oneself to;
Apply a principle
Practice a religion
Use care when going down the stairs
Use your common sense
Practice non-violent resistance

Practice

Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions;
Practice law

Practice

Engage in a rehearsal (of)

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