practicalitynoun [ U ]
uk/ˌpræk.tɪˈkæl.ə.ti/us/ˌpræk.tɪˈkæl.ə.t̬i/practicality noun [ U ] (SUITABLE)
[ U ] quality of being suitable for a particular occasion or use:
I bought these shoes for their practicality, not their appearance.
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Useful or advantageous
- a pearl of great price idiom
- a place in the sun idiom
- advantageous
- all-singing
- amiss
- corrective
- expedient
- favourable
- fodder
- foil
- fruitful
- fruitfulness
- palliative
- profitable
- repay
- repay sb's effort, time, attention, etc. idiom
- respite
- salutary
- serviceable
- sniff
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practicality noun [ U ] (EFFECTIVE)
[ U ] approving the quality of being able to provide effective solutions to problems:
Jonathan has demonstrated enormous practicality in his successful management of the store.
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Wise and sensible
- an old/a wise head on young shoulders idiom
- be a victory for common sense idiom
- canny
- discerning
- discriminating
- far-sighted
- gnomic
- legitimacy
- neatly
- no flies on sb idiom
- no-nonsense
- out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings) idiom
- perspective
- right-minded
- sagacious
- sage
- savoir-faire
- sensible
- wise
- wisely
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practicality noun [ U ] (POSSIBLE)
[ U ] the possibility of being put into practice:
Your suggestion is appealing in theory, but it lacks practicality.
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Achievable
- -ible
- able
- achievable
- attainable
- doable
- enabled
- feasibility
- feasibility study
- feasible
- humanly
- manageable
- may
- might
- poss
- possible
- practicable
- practical
- reach
- reachable
- running
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practicality noun [ U ] (REAL)
practicalities [ plural ]
the conditions that result from an idea becoming a real situation:
The practicalities of having two young children and working full time meant we had to employ a nanny.
It sounds like a good idea, but you should consider the practicalities before you put it into action.
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Situations and circumstances
- affair
- backdrop
- background
- case
- circumstance
- climate
- condition
- farce
- footing
- going
- matrix
- perfect storm
- picture
- position
- scheme
- situation
- snapshot
- stake
- the scheme of things idiom
- thing