practice
/ˈpraktɪs/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
prac - tice -> practice
(n) လက်တွေ့
၁။ [U] လက်တွေ့လုပ်ခြင်း။ လက်တွေ့။ put a plan into practice ❍ The idea would never work in practice.
၂။ (က) [U] လေ့ကျင့်မှု။ အလေ့အကျင့်။ an hour's practice every day ❍ a practice game ❍ Playing the piano well requires a lot of practice. ❍ With practice you could get quite good at this.
(ခ) [C] လေ့ကျင့်ချိန်။ the players will meet for a practice in the morning.
၃။ (က) [U] အလေ့။ ဓလေ့။ ထုံးစံ။ အလေ့အထ။ It is standard practice to ask hotel guests for their passports when they check in. ❍ Paying bills promptly is good financial practice. ❍ Are such methods common practice in this country? See also CODE OF PRACTICE, SHARP PRACTICE
(ခ) [C] အစဉ်အလာ။ အလေ့အထ။ the practice of closing shops on Sundays ❍ I had a short sleep after lunch, as is my usual practice.
၄။ [U,C] (ဆရာဝန်၊ ရှေ့နေ စသည်၏) လုပ်ငန်း၊ အလုပ်။ a doctor working in general practice (ie as a family doctor) ❍ a medical/ dental/ legal practice ❍ a group practice (ie several doctors working together as a group from the same building) ❍ buy a country practice ❍ My solicitor is no longer in practice. See also GENERAL PRACTICE, PRIVATE PRACTICE
❏ in/ out of practice [IDM ] ကျင့်သားရနေခြင်း/အလေ့အကျင့်ပြတ်နေခြင်း။ လက်မှန်ခြင်း/ လက်ပျက်ခြင်း။ It's important to keep in practice. ❍ If you don't play regularly, you soon get out of practice.
❏ practice makes perfect [IDM ] (saying ) ကြိုးစားက ဘုရားပင် ဖြစ်နိုင်သည်။
- Don’t worry if you can’t manage it first time. It’ll come with practice.
- Waylans broke his wrist during practice and will be unable to bowl in tomorrow’s game.
- You’ll have to turn up for all the practices if you want to play in the concert.
- Trends in educational theory and practice
- [put something into practice] : We urge you to put the committee’s recommendations into practice.
- It is good practice to check your work before handing it in.
- Unfair billing practices
- [the practice of something] : The practice of discrimination against older people in the workplace
- [common/standard/normal practice] : Bribery is common practice in many countries.
- A medical/legal/dental/veterinary practice
- The practice of medicine/law/dentistry
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