käytäntö — meaning in English

English meaning

• convention noun A large formal gathering of people who share a profession, interest, or cause.
• custom noun A long-established practice or tradition within a group or society.
• policy noun A course of action or set of principles adopted by a government, organization, or person.
• practical adj Concerned with actual practice and results rather than theory.
• practice noun Repeated exercise of an activity in order to improve a skill.
• praxis noun The practical application of any branch of learning.
• usage noun The act or amount of using something, such as electricity, data, or a resource.

Senses

käytäntö is used for these senses in English:

• convention A meeting or gathering.
• convention A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.
• custom (legal) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare prescription.
• hands-on Involving active participation.
• practical Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.

convention — full definition

1. noun A large formal gathering of people who share a profession, interest, or cause.
2. noun A formal agreement between countries or groups, often part of international law.
3. noun An accepted way of doing something, followed simply because it is customary.

custom — full definition

1. noun A long-established practice or tradition within a group or society.
2. adj Made specifically to someone's particular requirements, rather than mass-produced.
3. noun The regular patronage a business gets from its customers.

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