imaginedpractice
nounUK /ɪˈmædʒɪnd ˈpræktɪs/
US /ɪˈmædʒɪnd ˈpræktɪs/
Practice you do in your head by pretending to do something.
Before the piano recital, she did some imagined practice, picturing her fingers on the keys.
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2. Rehearsing a skill by picturing yourself doing it, without moving.
Athletes often use imagined practice to prepare for big races.
3. Pretending to practice something while only thinking about it.
His imagined practice at soccer didn't help much when he actually played.
4. A made-up or imagined kind of practice that isn't real.
The story described imagined practice sessions with a dragon.