Practical

What do we mean by practical?

Of, relating to, governed by, or acquired through practice or action, rather than theory or speculation. adjective

Manifested in or involving practice. adjective

Capable of or suitable to being used or put into effect; useful. adjective

Concerned with the production or operation of something useful. adjective

Having or showing good judgment; sensible. adjective

Being actually so in almost every respect; virtual. adjective

Relating or pertaining to action, practice, or use: opposed to theoretical, speculative, or ideal.

Educated by practice or experience: as, a practical gardener.

Derived from experience: as, practical skill; practical knowledge.

Used, or such as may advantageously be used, in practice; capable of being used or turned to account; contributing to one's material advantage; possessing utility.

Exemplified in practice.

Spent in practice; devoted to action or material pursuits.

In effect and result; to all intents and purposes; equivalent to (something) in force or influence; virtual: as, a victory may be a practical defeat.

Of or pertaining to practice or action. adjective

Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in distinction from ideal or theoretical. adjective

Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge to some useful end adjective

Derived from practice. adjective

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. adjective

That part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability noun

Based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis adjective

A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability

A prop that has some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.

Words that are spelled similarly to practical:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word practical:
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Words that rhyme with practical:
tactical, impractical.

Adjectives that are often used to describe practical:
theoretical, some, more, historical, highest, part, due, critical, practicable, electricity, abstract, krause, scholarly, pure, moeller, herrick, non, leitch, net, civil, moral, total, purdy, content, how, suspicious, scale, contemplative, characteristic, spectroscopy.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective practical:
purposes, application, experience, problems, use, value, importance, applications, work, knowledge, considerations, way, reason, terms, reasons, difficulties, matter, point, sense, results, significance, problem, politics, effect, aspects, wisdom, approach, implications, interest, guide, advice, method, consequences, training, jokes, suggestions, side, joke, matters, information, issues, solution, utility, purpose, question, means, affairs, questions, methods, result, situations, needs, standpoint, skills, examples, help, necessity, reasoning, measures, example, steps, solutions, details, difficulty, advantages, operation, uses, philosophy, implementation, limit, test, advantage, concerns, nurse, limitations, instruction, demonstration, arts, difference, limits, science, nurses, consequence, consideration.

Words that sound like practical:
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