practical : Idioms & Phrases

• adverb in every practical sense
  to all intents and purposes; for all intents and purposes.
  
  • to all intents and purposes the case is closed
  • the rest are for all practical purposes useless

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• noun a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick
  LPN; licensed practical nurse.
  

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• noun the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose
  application.
  
  • he advocated the application of statistics to the problem
  • a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis

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• noun a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish)
  

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• a joke put in practice; a joke the fun of which consists in something done, in distinction from something said; esp., a trick played upon a person.

Webster 1913

• noun someone who plays practical jokes on others
  cut-up; prankster; trickster; tricker; hoaxer.
  

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• noun a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick
  LPN; licensed practical nurse.
  

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• noun politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations
  realpolitik.
  

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