Category:Practical

Prac"ti*cal, a. Etym: [l. practicus active, gr. 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. "man's practical Understanding." South. "for all practical purposes." 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.