Practise and Take

Practise

Practise verb - Learn by repetition.

Show all Definitions

Take and practise are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Take" instead a verb "Practise".

Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.

Show all Definitions

Practise and take are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Practise" instead a verb "Take".

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

level	practise level	take level
forms	practise forms	take forms

In the Mercedes Lackey novel The Serpent's Shadow, Maya, who had been a practising doctor for years in India, had to take her examination records to a local hospital and be interviewed by its chief surgeon before she would be allowed to open her own practise in London.

Source: Worthless Foreign Degree
In XCOM: Enemy Unknown, when a soldier that you really like is Killed Off for Real, it is sort of common practise for players to take another soldier, then change their name and give them plastic surgery to create a replica.

Source: Replacement Goldfish / Video Games

Cite this Source

Take and Practise. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/practise/take

Practise & Take. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/practise/take>.

Take or Practise. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/practise/take.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "practise" and "take" have occurred on timeline