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forepractice

forepractice noun: prior or previous practice; a practice or technique applied in advance.

Noun

forepractice (countable and uncountable, plural forepractices)

  1. Prior or previous practice; a practice or technique applied in advance.
    • The small sheet is used as forepractice, to assist the pupils in understanding the mechanism of the test. The large sheets contain the test material.1918, Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. Department of Research, Publications
    • In my case, I usually shoot with no forepractice and often with only one eye—the kinoeye, as Vertov called it.2005, Thi Minh-Ha Trinh, The Digital Film Event

Forms of forepractice

pluralforepractices

Origin of forepractice

From fore- + practice.

Questions about forepractice

What does forepractice mean?
Forepractice means prior or previous practice; a practice or technique applied in advance.
What part of speech is forepractice?
Forepractice is a noun.
What is the plural of forepractice?
The plural of forepractice is forepractices.

Words near forepractice in the dictionary

  1. forepointed
  2. forepointing
  3. forepoints
  4. foreposition
  5. forepossessed
  6. forepractice
  7. forepractices
  8. forepreparation
  9. forepreparations
  10. foreprepare
  11. foreprepared

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