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1. (adj.) practical
pertaining to or concerned with practice or action:
practical mathematics.
2. practical
consisting of, involving, or resulting from practice or action:
a practical application of a rule.
3. practical
adapted or suited for actual use; useful or utilitarian:
practical instructions; a practical vinyl floor.
4. practical
inclined toward or fitted for action or useful activities.
5. practical
mindful of the results, usefulness, etc., of action or procedure; sensible.
6. practical
of or concerned with ordinary activities or work:
practical affairs.
7. practical
engaged or experienced in actual practice or work:
a practical politician.
8. practical
matter-of-fact; prosaic.
9. practical
being such in practice or effect:
a practical certainty.
10. practical
(of a stage property) constructed for use as a real object; practicable:
practical water faucets.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME practik practical < L prācticus < Gk prāktikós)
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| Definition of 'practical' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) practical
concerned with actual use or practice
"he is a very practical person"; "the idea had no practical application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese"; "woodworking is a practical art"
2. (adj) hardheaded, hard-nosed, practical, pragmatic
guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
"a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics"
3. (adj) virtual(a), practical(a)
being actually such in almost every respect
"a practical failure"; "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin"
4. (adj) practical
having or put to a practical purpose or use
"practical mathematics"; "practical applications of calculus"
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1. (adjective) practical
relating to real situations, not theories
students who need practical advice about how to get a job; practical money skills
2. practical
appropriate and sensible
It's not practical to buy another computer.; a practical decision
3. practical
(of a person) good at thinking in a sensible way
She's very practical with her money.
4. practical
(of a person) good at making or fixing things
He's not very practical.
5. practical
for all practical purposes
indicates sth is the same as what is being described in almost every way
Shutting the library means another community resource is, for all practical purposes, gone.
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1. (adj) practical
of or pertaining to practice or action
2. (adj) practical
capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in distinction from ideal or theoretical; as, practical chemistry
3. (adj) practical
evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge to some useful end; as, a practical man; a practical mind
4. (adj) practical
derived from practice; as, practical skill
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Sense: concerned with the doing of something
practical difficulties; His knowledge is practical rather than theoretical.
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 Afrikaans: prakties |
 Arabic: عَمَلي |
 Bulgarian: практически |
 Brazilian: prático |
 Czech: praktický |
 German: tatsächlich, praktisch |
 Danish: praktisk |
 Greek: πρακτκός, εμπειρικός |
 Spanish: práctico |
 Estonian: praktiline |
 Farsi: عملی |
 Finnish: käytännöllinen |
 French: pratique |
 Hebrew: מַעֲשִׂי |
 Hindi: व्यावहारिक |
 Croatian: primjenjiv, upotrebljiv |
 Hungarian: gyakorlati(as) |
 Indonesian: praktis |
 Icelandic: framkvæmdar- |
 Italian: pratico |
 Japanese: 実際の |
 Korean: 실천상의 |
 Lithuanian: praktinio pobūdžio |
 Latvian: praktisks |
 Malay: praktik |
 Dutch: praktisch |
 Norwegian: praktisk |
 Polish: praktyczny |
 Persian: عملی |
 Pashto: عملى |
 Portuguese: prático |
 Romanian: practic |
 Russian: практический |
 Slovak: praktický |
 Slovenian: uporaben |
 Serbian: praktičan |
 Swedish: praktisk |
 Thai: ใช้การได้จริง |
 Turkish: pratik, uygulamalı |
 Taiwanese: 實際的 |
 Ukrainian: практичний |
 Urdu: عمل سے متعلق |
 Vietnamese: thực hành |
 Chinese: 实际的 |
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