"best practice" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: best practices [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} best practice (plural best practices)
  1. (business, marketing) A well-defined procedure that is known to produce near-optimum results. Categories (topical): Business, Marketing Translations (procedure for best results): 最佳實踐 (Chinese Mandarin), 最佳实践 (zuìjiā shíjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), paras käytäntö (Finnish), bonne pratique [feminine] (French), Best Practice [feminine] (German), beste Vorgehensweise [feminine] (German), beste Praxis [feminine] (German), bewährte Praxis [feminine] (German), лу́чшая пра́ктика (lúčšaja práktika) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-best_practice-en-noun-JNSY~rrQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: business, marketing

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