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say it: PRAK-tuh-kuhl
practical is an adjective meaning "concerned with actual use or practice". It is pronounced /ˈpɹæktəkəl/ — PRAK-tuh-kuhl. It carries 4 recorded senses.
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”
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”
having or put to a practical purpose or use
“practical mathematics”
“practical applications of calculus”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for practical come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.