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  1. 1. a. Of or pertaining to practice or action. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in distinction from ideal or theoretical; as, practical chemistry. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge to some useful end; as, a practical man; a practical mind. Source: opted
  4. 4. a. Derived from practice; as, practical skill. Source: opted
  5. 5. adj. concerned with actual use or practice Source: wordnet
  6. 6. adj. guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory Source: wordnet
  7. 7. adj. being actually such in almost every respect Source: wordnet
  8. 8. adj. having or put to a practical purpose or use Source: wordnet
  9. 9. 1. Of or pertaining to practice or action. 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. 3. Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge to some useful end; as, a practical man; a practical mind. 4. 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. Source: webster
  10. 10. j:99/n:1 a. concerned with actual use or practice s. having or put to a practical purpose or use Source: ecdict

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