- Relating or pertaining to action, practice, or use: opposed to theoretical, speculative, or ideal. Educated by practice or experience: as, a practical gardener.
- practical (comparative more practical, superlative most practical). ... Jack's knowledge has the practical benefit of giving us useful prototype parts.
- When it comes to learning, there are two types of knowledge: practical and theoretical. But which one is better? The truth is, both are important in their own way.
- PRACTICAL meaning: 1 : relating to what is real rather than to what is possible or imagined; 2 : likely to succeed and reasonable to do or use.
- 1. Action determined by the need to respond to immediate necessity or to achieve a particular practical result, rather than by established policy or dogma.
- These synonyms emphasize the idea of something being useful or workable in a practical sense, rather than simply theoretical or idealistic.
- The government is taking practical steps to deal with this issue. Travel by boat was often faster and more practical than travel along the primitive roads.
- practical experience. These examples have been automatically selected and may contain sensitive content that does not reflect the opinions or policies of Collins...
- It means capable of being put into practice. Confusion occurs between practical‘s second definition and the main definition of practicable.
