Meaning of PRACTICAL
| Pronunciation: | | 'praktikul
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- [adj] having or put to a practical purpose or use; "practical mathematics"; "practical applications of calculus"
- [adj] 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"
- [adj] 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"
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| | Synonyms: | | applicable, applicative, applicatory, applied, functional, hardheaded, hard-nosed, interoperable, matter-of-fact, operable, practicable, pragmatic, pragmatical, serviceable, unimaginative, useful, working |
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| | Antonyms: | | impractical | | |
| | See Also: | | concrete, possible, realistic | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Prac"ti*cal\, a. [L. practicus active, Gr. ? fit for
doing or performing, practical, active, fr. ? to do, work,
effect: cf. F. pratique, formerly also practique. Cf.
{Pragmatic}, {Practice}.]
1. Of or pertaining to practice or action.
2. Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in
distinction from {ideal} or {theoretical}; as, practical
chemistry. ``Man's practical understanding.'' --South.
``For all practical purposes.'' --Macaulay.
3. Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge
to some useful end; as, a practical man; a practical mind.
4. Derived from practice; as, practical skill.
{Practical joke}, a joke put in practice; a joke the fun of
which consists in something done, in distinction from
something said; esp., a trick played upon a person.
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