Meaning of practical

(adj) concerned with actual use or practice; "he is a very practical person"; "the idea had no practical application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese"; "woodworking is a practical art"

guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics"

being actually such in almost every respect; "a practical failure"; "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin"

having or put to a practical purpose or use; "practical mathematics"; "practical applications of calculus"