practical

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adjective

1. concerned with actual use or practice (Freq. 21)
- he is a very practical person
- the idea had no practical application
- a practical knowledge of Japanese
- woodworking is a practical art
• Ant:
impractical
• Similar to:
applicative, applicatory, functional, interoperable, matter-of-fact,
matter-of-fact, pragmatical, operable, practicable, serviceable,
unimaginative, working
• See Also:
concrete, possible, realistic, serviceable
• Derivationally related forms:
practice, practicality
• Attrubites:
practicality
2. guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory (Freq. 2)
- a hardheaded appraisal of our position
- a hard-nosed labor leader
- completely practical in his approach to business
- not ideology but pragmatic politics
• Syn:
hardheaded, hard-nosed, pragmatic
• Similar to:
realistic
• Derivationally related forms:
pragmatism (for: pragmatic), practice, practicality
3. being actually such in almost every respect
- a practical failure
- the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin
• Syn:
virtual
• Similar to:
realistic
4. having or put to a practical purpose or use
- practical mathematics
- practical applications of calculus
• Similar to:
applied

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  virtual(a), practical(a), hardheaded, hard-nosed, pragmatic