Usually means: Useful and effective for purpose.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word practical:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. practical: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. practical: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. practical: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. practical: Collins English Dictionary
  5. practical: Vocabulary.com
  6. Practical, practical: Wordnik
  7. practical: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. practical: Wiktionary
  9. practical: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. practical: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. practical: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Practical, practical: Dictionary.com
  13. practical: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. practical: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Practical: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Practical: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. practical: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. practical: Rhymezone
  19. practical: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. practical: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. practical: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. practical: Free Dictionary
  23. practical: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. practical: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. practical: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. practical: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. practical: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. practical: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  2. practical: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. practical: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See practicality as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
adjective:  Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use.
adjective:  Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical.
adjective:  (theater, not comparable) Of a prop: having some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
adjective:  (film) Light fixtures used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
noun:  (British) A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability
noun:  (theater) A prop that has some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
noun:  (film) A light fixture used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
noun:  Laboratory experiment, test or investigation

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