Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Concerned with action; practical, as distinguished from theoretical.
- Skilled; skilful; practised.
- noun Practice, as opposed to theory; practical experience.
- noun One concerned with action or practice, as opposed to one concerned with theory. See the quotation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Practical.
- adjective obsolete Artful; deceitful; skillful.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person concerned with action or practice, as opposed to one concerned with theory.
- adjective archaic
Practical . - adjective obsolete
Cunning ,crafty .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A fin practic in honor of a xcllant vowl slipping out of currnt us.
More on Evil American Stem Cell Researchers Richard Nokes 2005
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A fin practic in honor of a xcllant vowl slipping out of currnt us.
Archive 2005-12-01 Richard Nokes 2005
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Also I was told you need to practic shoot with what you will hunt with, does that mean shoot with your broadheads?
Beginning Bowhunting 2009
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Minimal and practic at the same time, I assume that it will solve tha problem to transportation for every citizen.
PIMP MY ECO-RIDE CONTEST: Win a Strida Folding Bike! | Inhabitat 2009
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Also I was told you need to practic shoot with what you will hunt with, does that mean shoot with your broadheads?
Beginning Bowhunting 2009
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Secretary Clinton, in a live address this morning at the Newseum, marked a major turning point for promoting freedom of expression, and made clear the Obama Administration's intent to put into practic ...
Elisa Massimino: Clinton's Speech on Internet Freedom: A Turning Point for Freedom of Expression 2010
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Ms. Campbell and her teachers immersed themselves in test-score data and worked to change the teachers 'classroom practic es.
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Secretary Clinton, in a live address this morning at the Newseum, marked a major turning point for promoting freedom of expression, and made clear the Obama Administration's intent to put into practic ...
Elisa Massimino: Clinton's Speech on Internet Freedom: A Turning Point for Freedom of Expression 2010
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Make the connection to advice (noun) and advise (verb) – the morphology is the same but the distinction in pronunciation has been lost from practic,se.
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In the '06 elections, if we stick with this idea of "service and competent management" then each candidate can argue he or she can be more competent and provide better service and we don't tie them to failed conservative policy and practic.
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