Definitions for practical

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practical prac·ti·cal

Spelling: [prak-ti-kuh l]

IPA: /ˈpræk tɪ kəl/

Practical is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 325 anagrams from letters in practical (aaccilprt).

Definitions for practical

adjective

1. of or relating to practice or action:
2. consisting of, involving, or resulting from practice or action:
3. of, relating to, or concerned with ordinary activities, business, or work:
4. adapted or designed for actual use; useful:
5. engaged or experienced in actual practice or work:
6. inclined toward or fitted for actual work or useful activities:
7. mindful of the results, usefulness, advantages or disadvantages, etc., of action or procedure.
8. matter-of-fact; prosaic.
9. being such in practice or effect; virtual:
10. Theater. practicable (def 3).

Origin of practical

1375-1425; late Middle English. See practic, -al¹

Examples for practical

On a practical level, readers are attracted to books that they can read in short bits.

I favor as a practical policy the putting of first things first.

The thoughts of the men of that day were as practical as their sentiments were patriotic.

But one remark was at once singularly philosophical and practical.

The Phoenicians, before all else, were practical business men.

We made it practical to give Dunham a $3.7 million book advance for penning her memoir—at 28.

A practical man who refused to run from the dreams that always drove him.

Better be common-sensed and practical, taking things as they are.

Those nontraditional families that cannot produce children are, from such a perspective, of no practical value.

This government obligation is limited by practical considerations of safety and security.