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forepractice en · NOUN

Etymology

From fore- + practice.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Prior or previous practice; a practice or technique applied in advance.
   • The small sheet is used as forepractice, to assist the pupils in understanding the mechanism of the test. The large sheets contain the test material. 1918, Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. Department of Research, Publications:
   • Any kind of preparation or forepractice muddies the waters in its assumption of a goal to be reached. Access to the clarity and the Zing of reality, on the contrary [...] 2012, Lonchen Rabjam, Natural Perfection: Longchenpa's Radical Dzogchen:
   • In my case, I usually shoot with no forepractice and often with only one eye—the kinoeye, as Vertov called it. 2005, Thi Minh-Ha Trinh, The Digital Film Event:

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