adjective
    
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    relating to what is real rather than to what is possible or imagined
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    likely to succeed and reasonable to do or use
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    appropriate or suited for actual use
    
    
    
    
    
    relating to what can or should be done in an actual situation
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    logical and reasonable in a particular situation
    
    
    
    
    
    of a person
    
    tending to make good decisions and to deal with daily life in a sensible way
    
    
    
    
    
    good at making or repairing things
    
    
    
    for (all) practical purposes
    
    used to say that one thing has the same effect or result as something else
    
    
    
    
    
    noun
    
    plural -cals
    
    [count] chiefly Brit :an examination in which students have to do or make something to show what they have learned