Practical : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Practical	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Practical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
practical adj 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" Antonym(s): impractical 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" Synonym(s): hardheaded, hard-nosed, practical, pragmatic being actually such in almost every respect; "a practical failure"; "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin" Synonym(s): virtual(a), practical(a) having or put to a practical purpose or use; "practical mathematics"; "practical applications of calculus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Practical \Prac"tical\, a. [L. practicus active, Gr. [?] fit for doing or performing, practical, active, fr. [?] to do, work, effect: cf. F. pratique, formerly also practique. Cf. {Pragmatic}, {Practice}.] 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. [bd]Man's practical understanding.[b8] --South. [bd]For all practical purposes.[b8] --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.