Tra từ practice - Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

prac·tice (prăkʹtĭs)v. prac·ticed, prac·tic·ing, prac·tic·esv. tr.
1. To do or perform habitually or customarily; make a habit of:
practices courtesy in social situations.
2. To do or perform (something) repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill:
practice a dance step.
3. To give lessons or repeated instructions to; drill:
practiced the students in handwriting.
4. To work at, especially as a profession:
practice law.
5. To carry out in action; observe:
practices a religion piously.
6. Obsolete. To plot (something evil).v. intr.
1. To do or perform something habitually or repeatedly.
2. To do something repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill.
3. To work at a profession.
4. Archaic. To intrigue or plot.n.
1. A habitual or customary action or way of doing something:
makes a practice of being punctual.
2.
a. Repeated performance of an activity in order to learn or perfect a skill:
Practice will make you a good musician.
b. A session of preparation or performance undertaken to acquire or polish a skill:
goes to piano practice weekly; scheduled a soccer practice for Saturday.
c. Archaic. The skill so learned or perfected.
d. The condition of being skilled through repeated exercise:
out of practice.
3. The act or process of doing something; performance or action:
a theory that is difficult to put into practice.
4. Exercise of an occupation or profession:
the practice of law.
5. The business of a professional person:
an obstetrician with her own practice.
6. A habitual or customary action or act. Often used in the plural:
That company engages in questionable business practices. Facial tattooing is a standard practice among certain peoples.
7. Law. The methods of procedure used in a court of law.
8. Archaic.
a. The act of tricking or scheming, especially with malicious intent.
b. A trick, scheme, or intrigue. [Middle English practisen, from Old French practiser, alteration of practiquer, from practique, practice, from Medieval Latin prāctica. See practicable.] pracʹtic·er n.
Synonyms: practice, exercise, rehearse
These verbs mean to do repeatedly to acquire or maintain proficiency: practice the shot put; exercising one's wits; rehearsed the play for 14 days. See also synonyms at habit