adj.
    - of or concerned with practice.
- likely to be effective in real circumstances; feasible. ▸suitable for a particular purpose. 
- (of a person) realistic in approach. ▸skilled at manual tasks. 
- so nearly the case that it can be regarded as so; virtual.
n.
 Brit. an examination or lesson involving the practical application of theories and procedures.
Etymology
  C16: from archaic practic ‘practical’ (from OFr. practique, via late L. from Gk praktikos ‘concerned with action’) + -al.