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Meaning practical meaning
What does practical mean?
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Topics practical topics
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What words refer to acting in such a way that someone is led to believe something false?deceive fool take in defraud cheat fleece bilk swindle hustle dupe hoodwink foist upon palm off on outwit outmaneuver finagle slip one over on put something over on con lay a trap for lure beguile delude trick entrap ensnare pull the wool over someone's eyes play a trick on play a practical joke on send on a fool's errand make a fool of mislead
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It's practical to have a laptop.
Your suggestion is of no practical use.
The method was too expensive to be practical.
A building with high ceilings and huge rooms may be less practical than the colorless block of offices that takes its place, but it often fits in well with its surroundings.
His idea is too abstract to be of practical use to us.
They often play a practical joke on us.
She gave me some practical advice.
Robinson is a practical, rational and brave man.
I love practical jokes.
Push buttons are a practical fastener for children's clothes.
Tom gave Mary some practical advice.
The English are said to be a practical people.
The plan has many practical difficulties.
From the practical point of view, there are many shortcomings in his plan.
His ideas are always very practical.
His ideas are always practical.
His idea is practical.
You should try to see things from the practical point of view.
It's not practical.
The Koran, far from being inimitable, is a literary work of inferior quality, as it is neither clear, nor understandable, nor does it possess any practical value and is certainly not a revealed book.
The future is far more practical than I imagined.
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The lock isn't very practical, is it?
No, it's not so very practical..
I thought with your permission and while I'm waiting for these porters I'd like to organise classes for the children in the valley and teach them something practical and something useful.
I just hate the thought of sitting down with another man and being practical about you.
If this is a practical joke, I warn you, I shan't think it very funny.
You could put your printing to some practical use.
Someone impersonated him, a bad practical joke.
Providing you do the punishment you think yourself entitled to play stupid practical jokes, is that it?
Let's free ourselves from emotionalism. and try to solve the problem in a practical way.
Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.
Well, I'm designing another one anyway, along more practical lines.
A very lovely thought, but not at all practical.
A wallet is practical.
Besides being a practical thing a wallet is quite romantic.
A practical idea.
With Rawlins back there all those hours wouldn't an advance guard be more practical?
More interesting, maybe, but not practical.
Let's be practical, what about it?
I'm just being practical.
If this is a practical joke, I warn you I shan't think it very funny.
Tinplated top-class steel, nice shape and practical.
Could've been turned into a practical joke, couldn't it?
OK, let's get practical, then.
That would be way too practical.
Their lenses are so fine and their shape so practical that at a short distance you can watch that squirrel up close without frightening it.
You are just not practical.
Oh, I'm not practical.
Practical, huh?
News and current affairs
For the really hard work is only now beginning: dealing with all the internal practical and political problems that these enlargements will bring, as well as reckoning with countries in the membership waiting rooms, in particular Russia.
Although the job of maintaining Ukraine's democracy is primarily one for Ukrainians, the EU can help if it takes practical steps to reassure Ukrainians that they won't be cut off from the rest of Europe.
The first litmus test on European leadership concerns the practical problem of access to harbors.
But, in addition to being fair, this scheme also has practical benefits.
Strategic hawks, however, are open to practical bargains and compromises - if the circumstances are right and if the security considerations justify it in their eyes.
Thus, even as the Bush administration and some scientific contrarians pretend that there is no problem, US corporate leaders are seeking practical solutions.
This fear has led to the narrowing of the concept of education to mean the acquisition of practical skills.
Our study, Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals, will be available for free around the world at www.unmillenniumproject.org.
For every major problem - hunger, illiteracy, malnutrition, malaria, AIDS, drought, and so forth - there are practical solutions that are proven and affordable.
After our report is issued in January, Secretary-General Kofi Annan will issue a report to the world in the spring, identifying the practical steps that should be taken this year.
The Panel is committed to creating an ambitious, coherent, and practical proposal for a sustainable global development agenda.
When I spoke with Wyatt last month, he acknowledged that there were practical reasons for not using real apes in his movie. But he also understood the ethical issue.
In practical terms, how should it be built?
Universities around the world are home to legions of students and faculty intent on solving practical problems in their communities and countries.
One by one, Western governments fell in line behind the renminbi, despite its practical limitations.
There were two sides to his case, one practical, the other philosophical.
The practical connections that US companies will need when deciding whether to invest could have been cultivated on the summit's margins, or in its aftermath, but were not.
The world should set as a practical goal of doubling grain yields in low-income Africa and similar regions (such as Haiti) during the next five years.
Their professional expertise is validated by the quality of their advanced degrees, rather than by their achievements in practical policymaking.
One option would be to increase substantially the number of mid-career recruits with actual practical experience in developing countries.
But she must convincingly outline practical strategies to resolve South Korea's most serious problems, including high unemployment, worsening educational performance, and North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
These countries recognize the practical value of investing in Africa's development, as well as the moral and political imperative of keeping their promises.