See also: pràctic

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Etymology edit

From Old French, from Late Latin practicus (active), from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical), from πράσσω (prássō, I do).

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practic (plural practics)

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

Adjective edit

practic (comparative more practic, superlative most practic)

  1. (archaic) Practical.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by 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.

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Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from French pratique, from Latin practicus.

Adjective edit

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)
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Adverb edit

practic

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

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

practic

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

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