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practical::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hard-nosed, hardheaded, pragmatic |
| Derivation | practicality, practice |
completely practical in his approach to business.
practical::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| 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.
practical::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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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.
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The reason is partly that the Davos crowd is conservative, as well as practical.
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It is not practical to provide individual temperature controls with this system.
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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.
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At this stage, some of the lads thought he was playing a practical joke on them.
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From a practical standpoint, there is nothing else we can do to get any results.
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Drucker died in 2005.A more practical lesson came courtesy of the dot-com crash.
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My wife has ridden her own bike in the past, but her view is far more practical.
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- 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
