"practicum" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəm/ [US] Audio: en-us-practicum.ogg , en-au-practicum.ogg Forms: practicums [plural], practica [plural]
Etymology: From Late Latin, neuter of practicus (“practical”), from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, “of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”), from πράσσω (prássō, “I do”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|LL.|-}} Late Latin, {{uder|en|grc|πρακτικός||of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical}} Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, “of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|practica}} practicum (plural practicums or practica)
  1. (US) A college course designed to give a student supervised practical knowledge of a subject previously studied theoretically. Tags: US Synonyms (college course): work placement [British], field Translations (college course): учебна практика (učebna praktika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 實習課 (Chinese Mandarin), 实习课 (shíxíkè) (Chinese Mandarin), 實習課程 (Chinese Mandarin), 实习课程 (shíxíkèchéng) (Chinese Mandarin), praxe [feminine] (Czech), practicum [neuter] (Dutch), harjoituskurssi (Finnish), travaux pratiques [masculine, plural] (French), Praktikum [neuter] (German), πρακτική (praktikí) [feminine] (Greek), praktikum (Indonesian), пракса (praksa) [feminine] (Macedonian), praktyka studencka [feminine] (Polish), praktyka [feminine] (Polish), estágio supervisionado [masculine] (Portuguese), практи́ческие заня́тия (praktíčeskije zanjátija) [neuter, plural] (Russian), лаборато́рные заня́тия (laboratórnyje zanjátija) [neuter, plural] (Russian), практикум (praktikum) [masculine] (Russian), greis gnìomhachais [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic)
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  2. (US) A science exam in which students are questioned about specimens or other objects placed in front of them. Tags: US Translations (science exam): практически изпит (praktičeski izpit) [masculine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-practicum-en-noun-10dAv4S0 Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'science exam': 5 95

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      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "college course",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пракса"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "college course",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "praktyka studencka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "college course",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "praktyka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "college course",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estágio supervisionado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "praktíčeskije zanjátija",
      "sense": "college course",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "практи́ческие заня́тия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "laboratórnyje zanjátija",
      "sense": "college course",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "лаборато́рные заня́тия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "praktikum",
      "sense": "college course",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "практикум"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "college course",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "greis gnìomhachais"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "praktičeski izpit",
      "sense": "science exam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "практически изпит"
    }
  ],
  "word": "practicum"
}

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