practic

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See also: pràctic

English

Etymology

From Middle English practic, practik, partly from Old French practique and partly from its etymon, Late Latin prācticus (active), from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical), from πράσσω (prássō, I do). Doublet of practico.

Pronunciation

Noun

practic (plural practics)

  1. A person concerned with action or practice, as opposed to one concerned with theory.

Adjective

practic (comparative more practic, superlative most practic)

  1. (archaic) Practical.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior , The Anatomy of Melancholy: , 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      , II.i.4.3:
      They that intend the practic cure of melancholy, saith Duretus in his notes to Hollerius, set down nine peculiar scopes or ends .
  2. (obsolete) Cunning, crafty.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ practic, adj. and n.2”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ practī̆k, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Further reading

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprak.tik/
  • Rhymes: -aktik
  • Hyphenation: prac‧tic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pratique, from Latin practicus.

Adjective

practic m or n (feminine singular practică, masculine plural practici, feminine and neuter plural practice)

  1. practical (relating to practise)
  2. practical (feasible, applicable to reality)
Declension
Declension of practic
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite practic practică practici practice
definite practicul practica practicii practicele
genitive-
dative
indefinite practic practice practici practice
definite practicului practicei practicilor practicelor

Adverb

practic

  1. practically
  2. (colloquial, loosely) basically, pretty much

Etymology 2

Verb

practic

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of practica

References