Meaning

2 senses

  1. Really, in effect; not just hypothetically.

    The new tax should have helped the farming community. But in practice farmers generally appear to be worse off than before.

  2. Regularly practising an activity so as to remain skilled in it.

Examples

57 sentences

  1. Tom hurt himself in practice.

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  2. I agree with the ban in principle, but in practice it will be extremely difficult.

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  3. I thought that I'd get in some target practice.

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  4. Our plan didn't work in practice.

    deUnser Plan ist in der Praxis nicht aufgegangen.

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  5. What does that mean in practice?

    ruЧто это означает на практике?

    deWas heißt das in der Praxis?

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Translations

5 languages

Antonyms

1 antonyms
out of practice

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
inA1inabilityinaccessibleinaccuracy
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