practicaladjective
uk/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/us/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/practical adjective (EXPERIENCE)
B2 relating to experience, real situations, or actions rather than ideas or imagination:
in fact:
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- It's all very well knowing things in theory but what you need to gain is practical experience.
- So how does this theory translate into practical policy?
- Greater emphasis is given to practical tests rather than written work.
- We offer practical help for people with disabilities.
- There are various practical problems that we need to overcome.
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Experiencing and suffering
- afflict
- affliction
- almost/nearly die of sth idiom
- be a martyr to sth idiom
- be a victim of your own success idiom
- be devoured by sth idiom
- get the short end of the stick idiom
- get/have your fingers burned idiom
- go through sth
- grip
- hands-on
- hold
- ride
- sample
- seat
- sense
- undergo
- underwent
- ups and downs
- writhe
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practical adjective (SUITABLE)
C1 suitable for the situation in which something is used:
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Suitable and acceptable
- able
- acceptable
- accepted
- accordingly
- age-appropriate
- correct
- doctor
- felicitous
- fit in
- fit in with sth
- fitting
- germane
- horse
- keeping
- rightly
- satisfaction
- seasonable
- seemly
- sit right/well (with sb) idiom
- valid
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practical adjective (EFFECTIVE)
C2 approving able to provide effective solutions to problems:
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Wise and sensible
- an old/a wise head on young shoulders idiom
- be a victory for common sense idiom
- canny
- discerning
- discriminating
- far-sighted
- gnomic
- neatly
- no flies on sb idiom
- no-nonsense
- out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings) idiom
- perspective
- responsible
- right-minded
- sagacious
- sage
- savoir-faire
- wisdom
- wise
- wisely
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practical adjective (POSSIBLE)
C1 able to be done or put into action:
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Achievable
- -ible
- able
- achievable
- attainable
- doable
- enabled
- feasibility
- feasibility study
- feasible
- humanly
- manageable
- may
- might
- poss
- possible
- practicable
- practicality
- reach
- running
- viable
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practicalnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/us/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/a class or exam in a scientific or technical subject in which students do things rather than just write or talk about them:
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Exams, tests & exercises
- achievement test
- AP
- cloze test
- comprehension
- entrance exam
- exercise
- flunk
- IB
- IELTS
- invigilate
- mock
- oral
- prelim
- resat
- resit
- road test
- script
- sit
- TOEFL
- trial
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