🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

练习

Pronunciation / Transliteration: liànxí

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Practice/ˈpræk.tɪs/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #350 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"她每天花一个小时练习钢琴。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The repeated exercise in or performance of an activity or skill to acquire or maintain proficiency in it.

    "She dedicated an hour each day to her piano practice."
As verb
  1. 1

    To perform an activity or exercise a skill repeatedly or regularly in order to improve or maintain one's proficiency.

    "He practices basketball every afternoon to enhance his skills."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the late Middle English word 'praktisen', stemming from Old French 'practiser', and ultimately from Medieval Latin 'practizare', based on Greek 'praktikos' meaning active or concerned with action. Over centuries, the term evolved from signifying the performance of an action to denoting the repeated exercise of an activity to improve skill.

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