Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to practice
Participle: practiced
Gerund: practicing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | practice |
| you | practice |
| he;she;it | practices |
| we | practice |
| you | practice |
| they | practice |
Perfect
| I | have practiced |
| you | have practiced |
| he;she;it | has practiced |
| we | have practiced |
| you | have practiced |
| they | have practiced |
Past
| I | practiced |
| you | practiced |
| he;she;it | practiced |
| we | practiced |
| you | practiced |
| they | practiced |
Pluperfect
| I | had practiced |
| you | had practiced |
| he;she;it | had practiced |
| we | had practiced |
| you | had practiced |
| they | had practiced |
Future
| I | will practice |
| you | will practice |
| he;she;it | will practice |
| we | will practice |
| you | will practice |
| they | will practice |
Future Perfect
| I | will have practiced |
| you | will have practiced |
| he;she;it | will have practiced |
| we | will have practiced |
| you | will have practiced |
| they | will have practiced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | practice |
| you | practice |
| he;she;it | practice |
| we | practice |
| you | practice |
| they | practice |
Perfect
| I | have practiced |
| you | have practiced |
| he;she;it | have practiced |
| we | have practiced |
| you | have practiced |
| they | have practiced |
Imperfect
| I | practiced |
| you | practiced |
| he;she;it | practiced |
| we | practiced |
| you | practiced |
| they | practiced |
Pluperfect
| I | had practiced |
| you | had practiced |
| he;she;it | had practiced |
| we | had practiced |
| you | had practiced |
| they | had practiced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would practice |
| you | would practice |
| he;she;it | would practice |
| we | would practice |
| you | would practice |
| they | would practice |
Perfect
| I | would have practiced |
| you | would have practiced |
| he;she;it | would have practiced |
| we | would have practiced |
| you | would have practiced |
| they | would have practiced |
Imperative
| you | practice |
| we | Let's practice |
| you | practice |
Verbs conjugated like 'practice'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'practice'
practise,
brattice,
prentice,
brettice,
fraction,
fracture,
lattice,
paction,
pantile,
pastiche,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- exercise
- application, repetition, drill, recitation, training, experience, study, action
Antonyms
- exercise
- inactivity, idleness, laziness, sluggishness
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1392, "to do, act, or perform habitually," from O.Fr. practiser "to practice," from M.L. practicare "to do, perform, practice," from L.L. practicus "practical," from Gk. praktikos "practical." The noun is from 1421, originally as practise, from O.Fr. pratiser, from M.L. practicare. Also as practik, which survived in parallel into 19c. Practiced "expert" is from 1568; practicing (adj.) is recorded from 1625 in ref. to professions, from 1906 in ref. to religions.
2. Etymology tree
3. ▲
4. Middle English practice, practise, practize, practyseder.
5. Middle English practice, practique, practyse
6. English practice
7. The noun is from Middle English practice, practique, practyse, from the verb; also compare Medieval Latin prāctica.. Displaced native Old English sidu.
8. The verb is from Middle English practice, practise, practize, practyse, from Middle French pratiser, practiser, alteration of practiquer, from Medieval Latin prācticāre, from Late Latin prācticus, from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós).
9. The spelling practice is attested once in Middle English for both the noun and the verb. The noun began to be assimilated in spelling to nouns in -ice; practise (noun) is now obsolete.
Verbs referencing "practice"
Cebuano praktis.
Sample Sentences
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[...] reasoning, John,—especially reasoning on such subjects. There's a way you political folks have of coming round and round a plain right thing; and you don't believe in it yourselves, when it comes to practice. I know _you_ well enough, John. You don't believe it's right any more than I do; and you wouldn't do it any sooner than I. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)