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US
/ˈpɹæktəst, ˈpɹæktɪst/
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[ UK /pɹˈæktɪst/ ]
[ UK /pɹˈæktɪst/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
a practiced marksman
an expert job
a good mechanic
a lesser-known but no less skillful composer
an adept juggler
a proficient engineer
the effect was achieved by skillful retouching
adept in handicrafts - skillful after much practice
How To Use practiced In A Sentence
- There is already a great deal of precedent since polygamy has been widely practiced throughout history.
- The practiced eye of the reptile lover finds a great deal in Manouria emys that others might miss. Arthur Rosenfeld: Saving a Living Treasure of Asia
- After that, Feingold joined a Madison law firm and practiced civil litigation, including First Amendment law.
- Robert Dossie described three categories of watercolor painting — miniature, the most delicate; distemper, which is coarser, uses less expensive colors in a glue or casein binder, and is appropriate for canvas hangings, ceilings, and other interior decorative painting purposes; and fresco. reference As a technique practiced by the Romans, fresco painting was a subject of particularly interest in the antiquity-obsessed eighteenth-century. The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe
- Their definition of quackery is the application of treatments that have not been scientifically proven to have any effects, that are practiced by physicians as well as specialists without a MD and they organise congresses from time to time where they say things like this. The Organisation against Quackery
- Although the origins of the experimental child psychology are to be found in Germany, the new empirical and evolutionist child study was practiced mainly in the Anglo-Saxon world.
- They always reward those who have practiced sincerely and dedicatedly. Tao I
- The darkest side of our adventurism is our global network of military prisons (authorized by the Secretary of Defense and Pentagon) where physical and mental torture are practiced even though it's known no useful information comes from it. A Review of Chalmers Johnson's Nemesis - The Last Days of the American Republic
- While no one disputes Ahola's ability to lift 900 pounds, some have found his performance refreshingly unpracticed, others off-puttingly amateurish.
- He practiced for weeks," said Scott Lechert, 50, an instructional designer, who along with his partner, Paul Kelly, 55, a physical therapist, adopted Dru from a Romanian orphanage in Sweetness & Light
