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/prˈæktəkəl/ /prˈæktɪkəl/ Listen

adjective

Practical adj.

Of or pertaining to practice or action.

Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in distinction from ideal or theoretical; as, practical chemistry. "Man's practical understanding." "For all practical purposes."

Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge to some useful end; as, a practical man; a practical mind.

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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Etymology of 'Practical'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... The practical jest of Richie Moniplies going behind the arras to get an opportunity of teasing Heriot, was a pleasantry such as James might be supposed to approve of. It was customary for those who knew his humour to contrive jests of this kind for his amusement. The celebrated ...

— The Fortunes of Nigel • Sir Walter Scott

... I knew the whole thing would end in smoke, as indeed to all outward appearance it shortly did; for Dr. Downie advised him not to be in too great a hurry, and whatever he did to do it gradually. He therefore took no further action than to show marked favour to practical engineers and mechanicians. Moreover he started an aeronautical society, which made Bridgeford furious; but so far, I am afraid it has done us no good, for the first ascent was disastrous, involving the death of the poor fellow who made ...

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— The Rosicrucian Mysteries • Max Heindel

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— The 2003 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... attracted to itself, if not the abolitionists, certainly all those idealists, like James Russell Lowell and George William Curtis, who had opposed slavery when opposition was neither safe nor popular. To moral principles it added practical considerations. Business men had confidence in it. Workingmen, who longed for the independence of the farmer, owed to its indulgent land policy the opportunity of securing free homesteads in the West. The immigrant, landing penniless on these shores, as a ...

— History of the United States • Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard

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