practic
/ˈpɹæktɪk/
practic noun: a person concerned with action or practice, as opposed to one concerned with theory.
Noun
practic (plural practics)
- A person concerned with action or practice, as opposed to one concerned with theory.
Adjective
practic (comparative more practic, superlative most practic)
- Practical.
- They that intend the practic cure of melancholy, saith Duretus in his notes to Hollerius, set down nine peculiar scopes or ends […]., II.i.4.3
- Cunning, crafty.
- she vsed hath the practicke paine / Of this false footman [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
Forms of practic
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | practics |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more practic |
| superlative | most practic |
Origin of practic
From Middle English practic, practik, partly from Old French practique and partly from its etymon, Late Latin prācticus (“active”), from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, “of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”), from πράσσω (prássō, “to do”). Doublet of practico.
Words formed from practic
Questions about practic
- What does practic mean?
- Practic means a person concerned with action or practice, as opposed to one concerned with theory.
- What part of speech is practic?
- Practic can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce practic?
- Practic is pronounced /ˈpɹæktɪk/.
- What is the plural of practic?
- The plural of practic is practics.
Words near practic in the dictionary
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