prac•ti•calˈpræk tɪ kəl(adj.)

1. pertaining to or concerned with practice or action:

   practical mathematics.

2. consisting of, involving, or resulting from practice or action:

   a practical application of a rule.

3. adapted or suited for actual use; useful or utilitarian:

   practical instructions; a practical vinyl floor.

4. inclined toward or fitted for action or useful activities.

5. mindful of the results, usefulness, etc., of action or procedure; sensible.

6. of or concerned with ordinary activities or work:

   practical affairs.

7. engaged or experienced in actual practice or work:

   a practical politician.

8. matter-of-fact; prosaic.

9. being such in practice or effect:

   a practical certainty.

10. (of a stage property) constructed for use as a real object; practicable:

    practical water faucets.

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Origin of practical:

1375–1425; late ME practik practical < L prācticus < Gk prāktikós

prac`ti•cal′i•ty(n.)

prac′ti•cal•ness(n.)