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1. practical
adjective. ['ˈpræktɪkəl'] concerned with actual use or practice.
Synonyms
Etymology
- -al (English)
- practic (English)
Rhymes with Practical
- tactical
How do you pronounce practical?
Pronounce practical as ˈpræktɪkəl.
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Sentences with practical
1. Adjective
Travel-size toiletries and a folding hairbrush are the most practical.
Quotes about practical
1. In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good.
- Sun Tzu
2. I think it's realistic to have hope. One can be a perverse idealist and say the easiest thing: 'I despair. The world's no good.' That's a perverse idealist. It's practical to hope, because the hope is for us to survive as a human species. That's very realistic.
- Studs Terkel
3. The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
- Petrarch
2. practical
adjective. ['ˈpræktɪkəl'] guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory.
Synonyms
Etymology
- -al (English)
- practic (English)
3. practical
adjective. ['ˈpræktɪkəl'] having or put to a practical purpose or use.
Antonyms
Etymology
- -al (English)
- practic (English)