1. Concerned with actual use or practice
   "a practical knowledge of Japanese"; "woodworking is a practical art"; "he is a very practical person"; "the idea had no practical application"
    
2. Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
   "completely practical in his approach to business";
   - hardheaded, hard-nosed, pragmatic
    
3. Being actually such in almost every respect
   "a practical failure";
   - virtual
    
4. Having or put to a practical purpose or use
   "practical mathematics"; "practical applications of calculus"

1. Assessment in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability
   "The driving test includes both a theory exam and a practical"

Derived forms: practicals

See also: applicative, applicatory, applied, concrete, functional, interoperable, matter-of-fact, operable, possible, practicable, practicality, pragmatic, pragmatical, realistic, serviceable, unimaginative, working

Antonym: impractical

Encyclopedia: Practical