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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)
- A person concerned with action or practice, as opposed to one concerned with theory.
Adjective
practic (comparative more practic, superlative most practic)
- (archaic) Practical.
- , 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 .
- (obsolete) Cunning, crafty.
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- “practic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “practic”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Romanian
Pronunciation
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)
- practical (relating to practise)
- practical (feasible, applicable to reality)
Declension
Adverb
practic
- practically
- (colloquial, loosely) basically, pretty much
Etymology 2
Verb
practic
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of practica
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