Found 3 items, similar to practical.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: practical
praktis
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: practical
practical
adj 1: 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” [ant:
impractical]
2: 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” [syn:
hardheaded,
hard-nosed,
pragmatic]
3: being actually such in almost every respect;
“a practical
failure”;
“the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin”
[syn:
virtual(a),
practical(a)]
4: having or put to a practical purpose or use;
“practical
mathematics”;
“practical applications of calculus”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Practical
Practical
\Prac"ti*cal\, a. [L. practicus active, Gr. ? fit for
doing or performing, practical, active, fr. ? to do, work,
effect: cf. F. pratique, formerly also practique. Cf.
Pragmatic,
Practice.]
1. Of or pertaining to practice or action.
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2. Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in
distinction from
ideal or
theoretical; as, practical
chemistry.
“Man's practical understanding.” --South.
“For all practical purposes.” --Macaulay.
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3. Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge
to some useful end; as, a practical man; a practical mind.
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4. Derived from practice; as, practical skill.
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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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