practical

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practical Definition

• (a) 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"
• (s) 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"
• (s) having or put to a practical purpose or use; "practical mathematics"; "practical applications of calculus"

practical Synonyms

• hard-nosed
• hardheaded
• practical
• pragmatic