practise Значение & определение

Значение на practise на български

• 0 to do or play something regularly or repeatedly in order to become skilled at it:

  • I'm quite good at tennis but I need to practise my serve.

  • She practises the violin every day.

  • [ + -ing verb ] His written French is very good but he needs to practise speaking it.

• 1 to work in an important skilled job for which a lot of training is necessary:

  • How long have you been practising as a dentist?

  • She practised medicine for 20 years.

• 2 to do something regularly, often according to a custom, religion, or set of rules, or as a habit:

  • The new government has promised all citizens the right to practise their religion.

  • Practising safe sex is an important way of avoiding HIV infection.

  • The company denies that it has practised discrimination against any of its employees.

• 3 to work in an area such as law or medicine, etc. that involves long periods of training and high levels of skill:

  • practise as sth She practised as a solicitor for 10 years before taking a career break.

  • practise law/medicine He had been banned from practising law.

• 4 to do something regularly, often according to a custom or set of rules, or as a habit:

  • The technique is rarely practised in the West.

  • practised by Unemployment among the country's working classes is being blamed on the open discrimination practised by both the state-owned and private sectors.

• 5 to repeat something often so that you improve your skill:

  • I need to practise my presentation before the meeting.