practical
/ˈpræk·tɪ·kəl/ adj (ACTUAL/REAL)Definition
› relating to actual experience or to the use of knowledge in activities rather than to knowledge only or ideas: I know you’ve been trained as a teacher, but do you have any practical teaching experience? › If you say that a person is practical, you mean the person behaves in ways that relate more to the realities of the world than to ideas or desires: You’ve got to learn to be practical and save your money.
(Definition of practical adj (ACTUAL/REAL) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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practicable adj
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practical adj EFFECTIVE
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practically adv ALMOST
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