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How to pronounce practical in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms hard-nosed, hardheaded, pragmatic
Derivation practicality, practice


completely practical in his approach to business.
Type Words
Synonyms virtual


a practical failure.
Type Words
Derivation practicality, practice


he is a very practical person.
the idea had no practical application.
a practical knowledge of Japanese.
woodworking is a practical art.
Type Words


practical mathematics.
practical applications of calculus.

Examples of practical

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Scherer admitted to having used hot horseradish as a practical joke in the past.
From the news-journalonline.com
The reason is partly that the Davos crowd is conservative, as well as practical.
From the online.wsj.com
It is not practical to provide individual temperature controls with this system.
From the democratandchronicle.com
I find the hatchback more attractive, as well as more practical, than the sedan.
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The young people have a practical surface but betray something plaintive within.
From the post-gazette.com
At this stage, some of the lads thought he was playing a practical joke on them.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
From a practical standpoint, there is nothing else we can do to get any results.
From the upi.com
Drucker died in 2005.A more practical lesson came courtesy of the dot-com crash.
From the businessweek.com
My wife has ridden her own bike in the past, but her view is far more practical.
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More examples
  • 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"
  • Hardheaded: 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"
  • Virtual(a): being actually such in almost every respect; "a practical failure"; "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin"
  • (practicality) concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities
  • Almost; nearly; "practically the first thing I saw when I got off the train"; "he was practically the only guest at the party"; "there was practically no garden at all"
  • (practically) much: (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely; "much the same thing happened every time"; "practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god"
  • Pragmatism is a philosophical movement that includes those who claim that an ideology or proposition is true if it works satisfactorily, that the meaning of a proposition is to be found in the practical consequences of accepting it, and that impractical ideas are to be rejected. ...
  • That part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability; Based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis; Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use; Of a person, having skills or ...
  • (practically) In practice, in effect. Not necessarily officially the case but what actually occurs; almost, not completely