{
    "term": "practise",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "practise",
            "heSheIt": "practises"
        },
        "pastSimple": "practised",
        "pastParticiple": "practised",
        "ingForm": "practising"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to do an activity or train regularly so that you can improve your skill",
            "sensetop": "practise for somethingpractise somethingpractise something on somebody/somethingpractise on somebody/somethingpractise doing something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You need to practise every day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's practising for her piano exam.",
                    "contextForm": "practise for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've been practising my serve for weeks.",
                    "contextForm": "practise something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She diligently practised her violin every day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He usually wants to practise his English on me.",
                    "contextForm": "practise something on somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I learned hairdressing by practising on my sister.",
                    "contextForm": "practise on somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Practise reversing the car into the garage.",
                    "contextForm": "practise doing something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education", "Language", "Music"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["diligently", "hard", "regularly"],
                "preposition": ["for", "on"],
                "phrases": ["be well practised (in something)"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to work as a doctor, lawyer, etc.",
            "sensetop": "practise as somethingpractise something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There are over 50 000 solicitors practising in England and Wales."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She practised as a barrister for many years.",
                    "contextForm": "practise as something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was banned from **practising medicine**.",
                    "contextForm": "practise something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She **practised law** for more than a decade."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Jobs"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to do something regularly as part of your normal behaviour",
            "sensetop": "practise something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to practise self-restraint/safe sex"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you still practise your religion?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These methods are still practised today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This model of education is widely practised."
                },
                {
                    "text": "whaling as currently practised"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Polygamy is legal there, but it is very rarely practised."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Christians were allowed to practise their faith unmolested by the authorities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "People found guilty of practising black magic were hanged."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["commonly", "routinely", "widely"],
                "phrases": ["(be) practised today"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do the things yourself that you tell other people to do",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpræktɪs/",
                "audio": "pr/practise/practice__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpræktɪsɪz/",
                "audio": "pr/practise/practises__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpræktɪst/",
                "audio": "pr/practise/practised__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpræktɪsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/practise/practising__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpræktɪs/",
                "audio": "pr/practise/practise__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpræktɪsɪz/",
                "audio": "pr/practise/practises__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpræktɪst/",
                "audio": "pr/practise/practised__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpræktɪsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/practise/practising__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French practiser or medieval Latin practizare, alteration of practicare ‘perform, carry out’, from practica ‘practice’, from Greek praktikē, feminine (used as a noun), of praktikos ‘concerned with action’, from prattein ‘do, act’."
}