practical
Good for real life and can be used easily.
Designed or intended to be useful and effective in real situations, rather than just theoretical or decorative.
Thinking about what can be done, not just ideas.
Concerned with what is actually possible or effective, rather than with ideas or theories.
About learning by doing something, not just reading or listening.
Relating to actual use or hands-on experience, especially as part of learning or training.
- Base: practical
for all practical purposes
1Effectively or almost completely true
Almost completely true or the same as something else in most situations.
- For all practical purposes, the project is finished.
- The two systems are, for all practical purposes, identical.
for all practical purposes
1effectively; almost completely
almost the same as; effectively
- For all practical purposes, the two phones are identical.
- Once the files are encrypted, they are for all practical purposes unreadable.
- The road is open, but for all practical purposes you can’t drive on it because of the flooding.
- For all practical purposes, the meeting is canceled.
- For all practical purposes, it’s finished.
practical joke
1Trick to amuse or embarrass someone slightly
A trick done to make someone surprised or embarrassed as a joke.
- He played a practical joke on his friend by hiding his phone.
- April Fools’ Day is full of practical jokes.
in practice
1in reality when applied
What really happens when you do something, not just the idea of it.
- The plan looks good on paper, but in practice it may be hard to follow.
- The plan looks good on paper, but in practice it may be hard to achieve.
- In practice, the new rules are difficult to enforce.