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| 1. | [ adjective ] concerned with actual use or practice | |
| Examples: | "he is a very practical person" "the idea had no practical application" "a practical knowledge of Japanese" "woodworking is a practical art" |
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| Related terms: | impractical working useful operable matter-of-fact serviceable unimaginative applied functional interoperable applicable possible realistic concrete serviceable practicality | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory | |
| Synonyms: | hardheaded pragmatic hard-nosed | |
| Examples: | "a hardheaded appraisal of our position" "a hard-nosed labor leader" "completely practical in his approach to business" "not ideology but pragmatic politics" |
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| Related terms: | realistic | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory | |
| Synonyms: | hard-nosed pragmatic hardheaded | |
| Examples: | "a hardheaded appraisal of our position" "a hard-nosed labor leader" "completely practical in his approach to business" "not ideology but pragmatic politics" |
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| Related terms: | realistic | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] being actually such in almost every respect | |
| Synonyms: | virtual | |
| Examples: | "a practical failure" "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin" |
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| Related terms: | realistic | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] having or put to a practical purpose or use | |
| Examples: | "practical mathematics" "practical applications of calculus" |
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| Related terms: | applied | |
| Similar spelling: |
practically practicality practicably practicable practice practiced precautional practicum practician practicing Prechtl Preciado practise proctitis practised Pristidae proactive Presti Pracht precaution pricket Pristis proctalgia |
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