Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

common practice

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English

Syllables
com-mon prac-tice
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A usual and commonly accepted way of doing things.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

common practices (plural)

Phrases

common practice period common sense

Frequently Paired Words

commonplace common practice period common sense

Synonyms

common currency

Questions

What does common practice mean?
A usual and commonly accepted way of doing things.

How to pronounce common practice

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