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# practitioner

«practitioner» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who does a skilled job, especially a doctor…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a practitioner, practitioners)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A practitioner is a person who does a skilled job, especially a doctor, nurse or lawyer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/practitioner/#m1)

2) A practitioner of something is a person who regularly does it: a practitioner of yoga. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/practitioner/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health it appears in «general practitioner» (GP), the family doctor in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. In formal writing it describes professionals. Phrases: «general practitioner», «health practitioner», «nurse practitioner».

### examples

- Our general practitioner is Dr Patel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/practitioner/#x1)
- Go to your GP if the cough goes on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/practitioner/#x2)
- A nurse practitioner checked my ear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/practitioner/#x3)
- She is a practitioner of karate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/practitioner/#x4)
- All health practitioners must keep records safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/practitioner/#x5)
- The practitioner explained the treatment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/practitioner/#x6)
- Dentists and doctors are health practitioners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/practitioner/#x7)
- He is a skilled practitioner of law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/practitioner/#x8)

### note

GP = general practitioner. Stress: prac-TISH-un-er. Formal word; everyday speech says «doctor».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «practitioner» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/practitioner/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.