practice makes perfect — 1553 T. WILSON Art of Rhetoric 3 Eloquence was vsed, and through practise made parfect. 1599 H. PORTER Two Angry Women of Abington 1. 913 Forsooth as vse makes perfectnes, so seldome seene is soone forgotten. 1761 J. ADAMS Diary (1961) 1.192… … Proverbs new dictionary
Practice makes perfect. — something that you say which means if you do something many times you will learn to do it very well. You can t expect to become a brilliant dancer overnight, but practice makes perfect … New idioms dictionary
practice makes perfect — doing something over and over makes a person better at it … English contemporary dictionary
practice makes perfect — used for saying that repeating an activity or doing it regularly makes you very good at it … English dictionary
Cactus Makes Perfect (film) — Infobox Film name = Cactus Makes Perfect caption = director = Del Lord writer = Monte Collins Elwood Ullman starring = Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Vernon Dent Eddie Laughton Monte Collins Ernie Adams cinematography = Benjamin H. Kline |… … Wikipedia
Practice (learning method) — Practice is the act of rehearsing a behavior over and over, or engaging in an activity again and again, for the purpose of improving or mastering it, as in the phrase practice makes perfect . Sports teams practice to prepare for actual games.… … Wikipedia
practice# — practice vb Practice, exercise, drill are comparable when they mean, as verbs, to perform or cause one to perform an act or series of acts repeatedly and, as nouns, such repeated activity or exertion. Practice fundamentally implies doing,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
practice — [prak′tis] vt. practiced, practicing [ME practisen < MFr practiser, altered < practiquer < ML practicare < LL practicus < Gr praktikos, concerning action, practical < prassein, to do] 1. to do or engage in frequently or usually; … English World dictionary
practice — prac|tice W1S2 [ˈpræktıs] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(a skill)¦ 2 in practice 3¦(something done often)¦ 4¦(doctor/lawyer)¦ 5 be common/standard/normal practice 6 good/best/bad practice 7 put something into practice 8 be out of practice 9 practice makes perfect… … Dictionary of contemporary English
perfect — per|fect1 W2S2 [ˈpə:fıkt US ˈpə:r ] adj [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: parfit, from Latin perfectus, past participle of perficere to do completely, finish ] 1.) not having any mistakes, faults, or damage ≠ ↑imperfect ▪ His English was… … Dictionary of contemporary English
