practitioner

/præk'tiʃnə/

Thân thiện

A medical practitioner examines a patient in a clinic.

Definition

Noun: 1. A person who actively engages in or carries out a specific profession, discipline, or activity, especially one that requires skill or specialized training. This is the core meaning, referring to someone who puts theoretical knowledge into practice. 2. Someone who regularly performs a particular activity or follows a particular method or belief.

Usage and Examples

• General Professional Use:
  • She is a respected practitioner of family law.
  • The conference was attended by medical practitioners from around the world.
• Referring to Specific Fields:
  • He is a holistic health practitioner specializing in acupuncture.
  • The new safety guidelines are intended for all engineering practitioners.
• Referring to Methods or Beliefs:
  • She has been a dedicated practitioner of yoga for twenty years.
  • He is a practitioner of mindfulness meditation.

Advanced Usage

• "Sole practitioner": A professional, such as a lawyer or doctor, who runs their own practice alone, without partners.
  • After leaving the firm, she set up her own office as a sole practitioner.
• "Evidence-based practitioner": A professional who makes decisions by integrating the best available research evidence with their clinical expertise.
  • Modern healthcare encourages nurses to become evidence-based practitioners.

Variants and Related Words

• Practice (verb/noun): The act of performing or carrying out a profession or activity.
• Practical (adjective): Concerned with actual use or practice rather than theory.
• General Practitioner (noun): A medical doctor who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care. This is a specific compound term.
  • My general practitioner referred me to a specialist.

Synonyms

• Professional: A person engaged in a specified activity as a paid occupation.
• Practician (less common): A practitioner.
• Exponent: A person who supports and promotes an idea or theory, often through practice.

Related Phrases

• "Practitioner of the arts": Someone actively engaged in creating art (e.g., a painter, sculptor, musician).
  • The festival brings together practitioners of the arts from various cultures.
• "Private practitioner": A professional who operates their own independent practice, common in law and medicine.
  • He worked at a hospital before becoming a private practitioner.

Học thuật

Noun

1. someone who practices a learned profession

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