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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRACTICALITY

PRACTICALITY Prac `ti *cal "i *ty, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being practical; practicalness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

practicality

prac ti cal i ty |ˌpraktiˈkalətē ˌpræktəˈkælədi | noun ( pl. practicalities ) 1 the quality or state of being practical: there are still major doubts about the practicality of the proposal. 2 (practicalities ) the aspects of a situation that involve the actual doing or experience of something rather than theories or ideas: the practicalities of living at sea.

 

Oxford Dictionary

practicality

prac ¦ti ¦cal |ity |ˌpraktɪˈkalɪti | noun ( pl. practicalities ) 1 [ mass noun ] the quality or state of being practical: there are still major doubts about the practicality of the proposal. 2 (practicalities ) the aspects of a situation that involve the actual doing or experience of something rather than theories or ideas: the practicalities of living at sea.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

practicality

practicality noun 1 the practicality of the proposal: feasibility, practicability, viability, workability. 2 practicality of design: functionalism, functionality, serviceability, utility. 3 his calm practicality: sense, common sense, realism, pragmatism. 4 (practicalities ) the practicalities of army life: practical details; informal nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

practicality

practicality noun 1 we asked an architect to consider the practicality of cleaning the stonework: feasibility, possibility, practicability, viability, workability; utility, usefulness, use, value. 2 the table is a masterpiece of elegance and practicality: functionalism, functionality, serviceability; usefulness, utility. 3 he spoke with calm practicality: common sense, sense, realism, pragmatism, matter-of-factness. 4 the practicalities of army life: practical details, mechanics; informal nitty gritty, nuts and bolts.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

practicality

prac ti cal i ty /præ̀ktɪkǽləti /名詞 -ties 1 C 〖-ties 〗現実 (的側面 ), 実情 .2 U 実用性 .3 U (人が )現実的であること .