practical

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noun (BrE)

ADJECTIVE

▪ chemistry, physics, etc.

▪ laboratory

VERB + PRACTICAL

▪ sit (BrE), take

▪ fail, pass

▪

I passed the written exam but failed the practical.

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adj.

VERBS

▪ be, prove, seem, sound

▪ become, get

▪

It's time to get practical!

▪ make sth

▪

a feature that makes the system more practical

▪ do sth

▪

I'll do something practical now and answer some mail.

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪

She always adopted a very practical tone.

▪ eminently, highly, intensely

▪ entirely, purely, strictly

▪

For entirely practical reasons, children are not invited.

▪ hardly

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