Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

practised

 adjective
     
prac‧tised British English ; practiced American English
1 someone who is practised in a particular job or skill is good at it because they have done it many times before:
a practised performer
practised in (doing) something
He was already well practiced in giving acceptance speeches.
to the practised eye (=to someone who has seen something many times and knows a lot about it)
2 [only before noun] a practised action has been done so often that it now seems very easy:
He faced the television cameras with practised ease.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
 
Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

ADVERTISING AND MARKETINGANIMALSBANKING
BIOLOGYBUSINESS BASICSCOMPUTERS
CLOTHESDAILY LIFEEDUCATION
FINANCEFOODGRAMMAR
HAIR AND BEAUTYHUMANLAW
MUSICNATURESPORT
STOCKS AND SHARESTECHNOLOGYTRADE