Practises

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The process of repeatedly carrying out activities to achieve mastery The continued exercise of learned skills to boost competence Engagement in repetitive tasks designed to improve proficiency and skill level
2. To regularly do specific actions or tasks as a normal part of one's routine
3. The habitual execution of particular deeds or procedures over time

Etymology: "Practises" is the third-person singular present form of the verb "practise," the British spelling of "practice" as a verb, so its history is that of the verb itself. The core idea is doing something: the ancient Greek "prāktikós" meant "practical," from "prā́ssein," "to do." Greek speakers used "prāktikḗ" for practical affairs and business, and that sense of getting things done carried into Late Latin as "practico," meaning to do, perform, execute, or exercise. The verb passed into Medieval Latin as "practizo" and then into Middle French as "pratiser" and "practiser." English borrowed it as the Middle English "practizen," a variant of "practisen." The sense of repeatedly performing an activity to gain skill grew naturally out of the older Latin meaning of carrying something out, so the modern idea of drilling a skill to improve it is a narrowing of that original "doing" sense.

Synonyms: practices, exercises, engages, applies, implements

Antonyms: neglects, abandons, overlooks, disregards, ignores