phrasal verb · academic
put into practice
UK/pʊt ˈɪn.tə ˈpræk.tɪs/US/pʊt ˈɪn.tu ˈpræk.tɪs/put IN·to PRAC·tice
to make an idea, plan, or method become used in real situations
Examples
“The new curriculum was put into practice across all schools last year.”
“It took months to put the health measures into practice.”
“The pilot project will be put into practice from next month.”
Band 8 sentence
“To increase student engagement, policymakers must put evidence-based teaching strategies into practice nationwide.”
Collocations
- put policies into practice
- put recommendations into practice
Word family
Common mistakes
put in practice→put into practice
put the policy in practice→put the policy into practice
Say it for a higher band
5do→6apply→7+put into practice
Synonyms
implement
apply
Easily confused
implement
“The government implemented the new law last year.”
apply
“We should apply these techniques in our classrooms.”
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