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common practice

common practice noun: a usual and commonly accepted way of doing things.

Noun

common practice (countable and uncountable, plural common practices)

  1. A usual and commonly accepted way of doing things.
    • to be common practice
    Synonyms:
    common currency

Synonyms of common practice

Forms of common practice

pluralcommon practices

Questions about common practice

What does common practice mean?
Common practice means a usual and commonly accepted way of doing things.
What part of speech is common practice?
Common practice is a noun.
What is the plural of common practice?
The plural of common practice is common practices.

Words near common practice in the dictionary

  1. common pochards
  2. common polypody
  3. common poppies
  4. common poppy
  5. common possum
  6. common practice
  7. common practice period
  8. common purple-glossed snake
  9. common purple-glossed snakes
  10. common purpose
  11. common purposes

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