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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

gängige Praxis

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈɡɛŋ.ɪ.ɡə ˈpʁak.sɪs

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Standard practice/ˈstæn.dəd ˈpræk.tɪs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das ist in dieser Branche eine gängige Praxis."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An accepted or customary way of doing something in a particular profession, industry, or society.

    "Conducting background checks on all new employees is standard practice for this company."
  2. 2

    The normal or usual procedure followed in a given situation.

    "It is standard practice to turn off the main power supply before servicing the equipment."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the adjective 'standard' (from Old French 'estandart', meaning a rallying flag or criterion of excellence) combined with 'practice' (from Greek 'praktikos', relating to action). The compound noun solidified in modern professional and legal lexicons to denote established, accepted procedures.

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