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adj
- concerned with practical matters
- Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory.
- guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
- of or concerning the theory of pragmatism
- Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; said of literature.
noun
adv
- in a practical manner
- (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely
- almost; nearly
- Almost completely; almost entirely.
- With respect to practices or a practice.
- In a way that is practical: feasibly; unchallengingly.
- In practice; in effect or in actuality, though possibly not officially, technically, or legally.
adj
noun
adj
- sensible and practical
- conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
- of or consisting of or resembling earth
- hearty and lusty
- not far removed from or suggestive of nature
- Composed, or largely composed, of soil.
- Covered with earth (mud, dirt).
- Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.
- Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural.
- Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).
- (figurative) Coarse and unrefined, crude.
adj
- Determined by means of practical measures.
- Effective or operative.
- Functioning and ready for use.
- Of or relating to operations, especially military operations.
- pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result
- (military) of or intended for or involved in military operations
- fit or ready for use or service
- being in effect or operation
adj
noun
noun
- the quality of being of practical use
- a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
- (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
- the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
- a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal
- (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
- The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
- (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
- Something that is useful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A coupé utility, or ute; an automobile with an open tray or bed behind the passenger cabin.
- (computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system, or application software.
- (philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
- (business, finance, by extension) A natural or legal monopoly distributer of such a utility; or, the securities of such a provider.
- (computing) A software program other than a game; one that is useful or creative rather than merely entertaining.
- (business) A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage.
adj
- capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
- used of beef; usable but inferior
- Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
- Functional rather than attractive.
- (Of a building or its components) containing or intended for any of a building’s often-utility-related commodity transport, such as pipes or wires, or converting equipment, such as furnaces, water tanks or heaters, circuit breakers, central air conditioning units, laundry facilities, etc.
noun
noun
adj
adj
- concerned with material things
- impelled by physical force especially against resistance
- characterized by energetic bodily activity
- involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit
- relating to the sciences dealing with matter and energy; especially physics
- according with material things or natural laws (other than those peculiar to living matter)
- having substance or material existence; perceptible to the senses
- Sexual, carnal.
- In accordance with the laws of nature; now specifically, pertaining to physics.
- Denoting a map showing natural features of the landscape (compare political).
- Having to do with the body as opposed to the mind; corporeal, bodily.
- Involving bodily force or contact; vigorous, aggressive.
- Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind, having to do with the material world.
noun
adj
- Used in real life; practical.
- Enough to allow one to use something.
- That suffices but requires additional work; provisional.
- In paid employment.
- That is or are functioning.
- Of or relating to employment.
- serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity
- (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
- adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something
- actively engaged in paid work
- adopted as a temporary basis for further work
noun
- Method of operation.
- (usually in the plural) Operation; action.
- Fermentation.
- (countable) A train movement.
- (arithmetic) The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.
- A place where work is carried on.
- (of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
- a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked
verb
adj
noun
verb
noun
- The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.
- (politics) The theory that political problems should be met with practical solutions rather than ideological ones.
- (philosophy) The idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer, and the truth of beliefs with success of those actions in securing a believer's goals; the doctrine that ideas must be looked at in terms of their practical effects and consequences.
- the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
- (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value
adj
- concerned with actual use or practice
- having or put to a practical purpose or use
- Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use.
- guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
- being actually such in almost every respect
- Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical.
- Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
- (film) Light fixtures used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
- (theater, not comparable) Of a prop: having some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
noun
- (British) A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability
- (theater) A prop that has some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
- Laboratory experiment, test or investigation
- (film) A light fixture used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
noun
- The real world.
- An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real.
- The state of being actual or real; realness.
- (broadcasting, attributive) Reality television.
- A real entity, event, or other fact.
- The entirety of all that is real.
- the state of being actual or real
- the quality possessed by something that is real
- the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be
- all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
noun
- the facts about an actual situation
- a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
- a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
- a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
- the act of scoring in a game or sport
- a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages
- grounds
- a set of twenty members
- a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
- an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)
- a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse
- A subject.
- (music) The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts.
- (UK, regional) In the Lowestoft area, a narrow pathway running down a cliff to the beach.
- (often in the plural) A great deal; many, several.
- A document which systematically lists differences among compiled manuscripts of a source text.
- A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
- An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; debt.
- (music) The music of a movie or play.
- (gambling) An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.
- A bribe paid to a police officer.
- (British, slang) Twenty pounds sterling.
- A robbery.
- The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
- The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
- (originally US, vulgar, slang) A sexual conquest.
- The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
- A period of twenty years.
- A weight of twenty pounds.
- An account; a reason; a motive; a sake; a behalf.
- A prostitute's client.
- A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
- Twenty (20).
- An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
verb
- induce to have sex
- assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
- get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance
- make underscoring marks
- write a musical score for
- gain points in a game
- make small marks into the surface of
- (US, crime, slang, of a police officer) To extract a bribe.
- (intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
- (transitive, music, film) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
- (vulgar, slang) To obtain a sexual favor.
- (ambitransitive) To obtain something desired.
- (transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
- To achieve academic credit on a test, quiz, homework, assignment, or course.
- (horse racing, ambitransitive) To return (a horse and rider) to the starting-point repeatedly, until a fair start is achieved.
- (gambling) To win money by gambling.
- To earn points in a game.
- (slang) To acquire or gain.
- (transitive) To rate; to evaluate the quality of.
intj
adv
prep_phrase
adv
- in reality
- within a building
- with respect to private feelings
- on the inside
- (colloquial) In or to prison.
- Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.
- Indoors.
- Intimately, secretly; without expressing what one is feeling or thinking.
adj
- being or applying to the inside of a building
- confined to an exclusive group
- relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
- away from the outer edge
- Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary.
- (baseball, of a pitch) Toward the batter as it crosses home plate.
- Nearer to the interior or centre of something.
- Originating from, arranged by, or being someone inside an organisation.
- At or towards or the left-hand side of the road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- (of a person) Legally married to or related to (e.g. born in wedlock to), and/or residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people.
noun
- the inner or enclosed surface of something
- the region that is inside of something
- The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- The interior or inner part.
- The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
- (slang) The inside scoop; information known only to certain involved people.
- (colloquial, in the plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.
prep
adv
noun
- sound practical judgment
- (philosophy) One of the four interior senses; the one by which information from the five exterior senses is understood and interpreted.
- Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.
noun
- sound practical judgment
- Sound practical or moral judgment.
- the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
- a natural appreciation or ability
- the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
- a general conscious awareness
- (mathematics) One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
- (semantics, lexicography) A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries or definitions for a word in a dictionary.
- Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
- A natural appreciation or ability.
- Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
- A meaning of a term (word or expression), among its various meanings.
- (pragmatics) The way that a referent is presented.
- The meaning, reason, or value of something.
- (biochemistry) referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
- (mathematics) One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
verb
adj
- concerned with trivialities
- of little substance or significance
- (informal) small and of little importance
- (taxonomy) Relating to or designating the name of a species; specific as opposed to generic.
- Pertaining to the trivium.
- (algebra, of an algebraic structure or ideal thereof) Containing only one element; having an underlying set which is a singleton.
- (mathematics) Self-evident.
- Commonplace, ordinary.
- (philosophy) Indistinguishable in case of truth or falsity.
- Concerned with or involving trivia.
- (mathematics) Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case.
- Ignorable; of little significance or value.
noun
adj
- Comprehensible by the mind; understandable.
- Touchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch.
- Perceptible; able to be perceived.
- Able to be treated as fact; real or concrete.
- capable of being treated as fact
- perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch
- (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value
- capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt
adj
noun
verb
- To make useful; to find a practical use for.
- To make best use of; to use to its fullest extent, potential, or ability.
- To make use of; to use.
- To make do with; to use in manner different from that originally intended
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
prep
- In regard to.
- Affected by (a certain emotion or condition).
- Considering; taking into account.
- Used to add supplemental information, especially to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
- Using as an instrument; by means of.
- In addition to; as an accessory to.
- Keeping up with; understanding; following along.
- Against.
- Prompted by (a certain emotion).
- Having, owning.
- In support of.
- In the employment of.
- In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
adv
noun
adj
- Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
- (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
- Outstanding, top-notch, exhilarating.
- (entertainment, performing) Recorded from a performance in front of an audience.
- (broadcasting) Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.
- (of a performance or speech) In person.
- (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
- Being in a state of ignition; burning.
- (programming) Of an object or value: that may potentially be used in the future execution of a program.
- Having active properties; being energized.
- (film) Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
- (sports) Still in active play.
- (poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
- Taken from a living animal.
- Being in existence; actual.
- Able to fire or explode (of firearms or explosives).
- (linguistics) Of a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: resonating, not ending abruptly.
- Of an environment where sound is recorded: having noticeable reverberation.
- (card games) Of a card: not yet dealt or played.
- (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
- highly reverberant
- elastic; rebounds readily
- possessing life
- charged or energized with electricity
- in current use or ready for use
- capable of erupting
- abounding with life and energy
- charged with an explosive
- of current relevance
- actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
- exerting force or containing energy
adv
verb
- (transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
- (intransitive, informal) (of an object) to have its proper place; to normally be stored.
- (intransitive, followed by on, upon, or by) To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
- (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
- (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
- (intransitive) To outlast danger; (of a ship or boat) to float.
- (intransitive, hyperbolic) To cope.
- (intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.
- (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
- (intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.
- (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
- (intransitive) To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
- pursue a positive and satisfying existence
- support oneself
- be an inhabitant of or reside in
- have life, be alive
- have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
- lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
- continue to live and avoid dying
adj
- Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
- Implying or producing rapid action.
- Brisk; lively.
- Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
- In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
- (specifically, of certain geological features, such as volcano, geysers, etc) Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producing tremors.
- Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
- Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
- (electronics) Not passive.
- Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
- Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
- Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
- (computing, of source code) Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
- Requiring or implying action or exertion
- (gay slang, of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
- engaged in full-time work
- disposed to take action or effectuate change
- exerting influence or producing a change or effect
- tending to become more severe or wider in scope
- taking part in an activity
- engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
- in operation
- (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting
- (used of verbs (e.g. ‘to run’) and participial adjectives (e.g. ‘running’ in ‘running water’)) expressing action rather than a state of being
- (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
- expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:
- characterized by energetic activity
- (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt
- full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
noun
- A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
- (electronics) Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering).
- the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
- chemical agent capable of activity
- a person who is a participating member of an organization
adj
- Real, actual, tangible.
- (not comparable) Made of concrete (building material).
- Being or applying to actual things, rather than abstract qualities or categories.
- (by extension, topos theory, of a category C with respect to another category X) Equipped with a faithful functor to X (called a base category), in which case C is called a concrete category over X.
- Particular, specific, rather than general.
- (category theory, of a category) Analogous to the categories of algebraic objects which category theory was created to generalize, in the sense of having objects which can be thought of as sets equipped with some additional structure. Formally, equipped with a faithful functor to the category of sets.
- capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary
- formed by the coalescence of particles
noun
- (logic) A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.
- (perfumery) An extract of herbal materials that has a semi-solid consistency, especially when such materials are partly aromatic.
- (especially) Such a material whose cement is Portland cement or a similar limestone derivative.
- (countable, uncountable) A building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.
- (US) A dessert of frozen custard with various toppings.
- a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
verb
noun
- the quality of being of practical use
- a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
- (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer
- the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility
- a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal
- (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the consumer of that commodity.
- The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
- (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
- Something that is useful.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A coupé utility, or ute; an automobile with an open tray or bed behind the passenger cabin.
- (computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help manage and tune computer hardware, an operating system, or application software.
- (philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
- (business, finance, by extension) A natural or legal monopoly distributer of such a utility; or, the securities of such a provider.
- (computing) A software program other than a game; one that is useful or creative rather than merely entertaining.
- (business) A commodity or service provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage.
adj
- capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
- used of beef; usable but inferior
- Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
- Functional rather than attractive.
- (Of a building or its components) containing or intended for any of a building’s often-utility-related commodity transport, such as pipes or wires, or converting equipment, such as furnaces, water tanks or heaters, circuit breakers, central air conditioning units, laundry facilities, etc.
noun
noun
adj
noun
- The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.
- (politics) The theory that political problems should be met with practical solutions rather than ideological ones.
- (philosophy) The idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer, and the truth of beliefs with success of those actions in securing a believer's goals; the doctrine that ideas must be looked at in terms of their practical effects and consequences.
- the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
- (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value
noun
- The real world.
- An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real.
- The state of being actual or real; realness.
- (broadcasting, attributive) Reality television.
- A real entity, event, or other fact.
- The entirety of all that is real.
- the state of being actual or real
- the quality possessed by something that is real
- the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be
- all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
noun
- the facts about an actual situation
- a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
- a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
- a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
- the act of scoring in a game or sport
- a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages
- grounds
- a set of twenty members
- a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
- an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)
- a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse
- A subject.
- (music) The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts.
- (UK, regional) In the Lowestoft area, a narrow pathway running down a cliff to the beach.
- (often in the plural) A great deal; many, several.
- A document which systematically lists differences among compiled manuscripts of a source text.
- A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
- An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; debt.
- (music) The music of a movie or play.
- (gambling) An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.
- A bribe paid to a police officer.
- (British, slang) Twenty pounds sterling.
- A robbery.
- The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
- The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
- (originally US, vulgar, slang) A sexual conquest.
- The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
- A period of twenty years.
- A weight of twenty pounds.
- An account; a reason; a motive; a sake; a behalf.
- A prostitute's client.
- A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
- Twenty (20).
- An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
verb
- induce to have sex
- assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
- get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance
- make underscoring marks
- write a musical score for
- gain points in a game
- make small marks into the surface of
- (US, crime, slang, of a police officer) To extract a bribe.
- (intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
- (transitive, music, film) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
- (vulgar, slang) To obtain a sexual favor.
- (ambitransitive) To obtain something desired.
- (transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
- To achieve academic credit on a test, quiz, homework, assignment, or course.
- (horse racing, ambitransitive) To return (a horse and rider) to the starting-point repeatedly, until a fair start is achieved.
- (gambling) To win money by gambling.
- To earn points in a game.
- (slang) To acquire or gain.
- (transitive) To rate; to evaluate the quality of.
intj
noun
- sound practical judgment
- (philosophy) One of the four interior senses; the one by which information from the five exterior senses is understood and interpreted.
- Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.
noun
- sound practical judgment
- Sound practical or moral judgment.
- the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
- a natural appreciation or ability
- the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
- a general conscious awareness
- (mathematics) One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
- (semantics, lexicography) A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries or definitions for a word in a dictionary.
- Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
- A natural appreciation or ability.
- Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
- A meaning of a term (word or expression), among its various meanings.
- (pragmatics) The way that a referent is presented.
- The meaning, reason, or value of something.
- (biochemistry) referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
- (mathematics) One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
verb
noun
adj
- Comprehensible by the mind; understandable.
- Touchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch.
- Perceptible; able to be perceived.
- Able to be treated as fact; real or concrete.
- capable of being treated as fact
- perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch
- (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value
- capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt
verb
- To make useful; to find a practical use for.
- To make best use of; to use to its fullest extent, potential, or ability.
- To make use of; to use.
- To make do with; to use in manner different from that originally intended
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
adv
- in a practical manner
- (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely
- almost; nearly
- Almost completely; almost entirely.
- With respect to practices or a practice.
- In a way that is practical: feasibly; unchallengingly.
- In practice; in effect or in actuality, though possibly not officially, technically, or legally.
adv
prep_phrase
adv
- in reality
- within a building
- with respect to private feelings
- on the inside
- (colloquial) In or to prison.
- Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.
- Indoors.
- Intimately, secretly; without expressing what one is feeling or thinking.
adj
- being or applying to the inside of a building
- confined to an exclusive group
- relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
- away from the outer edge
- Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary.
- (baseball, of a pitch) Toward the batter as it crosses home plate.
- Nearer to the interior or centre of something.
- Originating from, arranged by, or being someone inside an organisation.
- At or towards or the left-hand side of the road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- (of a person) Legally married to or related to (e.g. born in wedlock to), and/or residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people.
noun
- the inner or enclosed surface of something
- the region that is inside of something
- The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- The interior or inner part.
- The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
- (slang) The inside scoop; information known only to certain involved people.
- (colloquial, in the plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.
prep
adv
adj
- concerned with practical matters
- Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory.
- guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
- of or concerning the theory of pragmatism
- Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; said of literature.
noun
adj
noun
adj
- sensible and practical
- conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
- of or consisting of or resembling earth
- hearty and lusty
- not far removed from or suggestive of nature
- Composed, or largely composed, of soil.
- Covered with earth (mud, dirt).
- Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.
- Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural.
- Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).
- (figurative) Coarse and unrefined, crude.
adj
- Determined by means of practical measures.
- Effective or operative.
- Functioning and ready for use.
- Of or relating to operations, especially military operations.
- pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result
- (military) of or intended for or involved in military operations
- fit or ready for use or service
- being in effect or operation
adj
noun
adj
- concerned with material things
- impelled by physical force especially against resistance
- characterized by energetic bodily activity
- involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit
- relating to the sciences dealing with matter and energy; especially physics
- according with material things or natural laws (other than those peculiar to living matter)
- having substance or material existence; perceptible to the senses
- Sexual, carnal.
- In accordance with the laws of nature; now specifically, pertaining to physics.
- Denoting a map showing natural features of the landscape (compare political).
- Having to do with the body as opposed to the mind; corporeal, bodily.
- Involving bodily force or contact; vigorous, aggressive.
- Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind, having to do with the material world.
noun
adj
- Used in real life; practical.
- Enough to allow one to use something.
- That suffices but requires additional work; provisional.
- In paid employment.
- That is or are functioning.
- Of or relating to employment.
- serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity
- (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
- adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something
- actively engaged in paid work
- adopted as a temporary basis for further work
noun
- Method of operation.
- (usually in the plural) Operation; action.
- Fermentation.
- (countable) A train movement.
- (arithmetic) The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.
- A place where work is carried on.
- (of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
- a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked
verb
adj
noun
verb
adj
- concerned with actual use or practice
- having or put to a practical purpose or use
- Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use.
- guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
- being actually such in almost every respect
- Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical.
- Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
- (film) Light fixtures used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
- (theater, not comparable) Of a prop: having some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
noun
- (British) A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability
- (theater) A prop that has some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation.
- Laboratory experiment, test or investigation
- (film) A light fixture used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery.
adj
- concerned with trivialities
- of little substance or significance
- (informal) small and of little importance
- (taxonomy) Relating to or designating the name of a species; specific as opposed to generic.
- Pertaining to the trivium.
- (algebra, of an algebraic structure or ideal thereof) Containing only one element; having an underlying set which is a singleton.
- (mathematics) Self-evident.
- Commonplace, ordinary.
- (philosophy) Indistinguishable in case of truth or falsity.
- Concerned with or involving trivia.
- (mathematics) Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case.
- Ignorable; of little significance or value.
adj
noun
adj
- Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
- (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
- Outstanding, top-notch, exhilarating.
- (entertainment, performing) Recorded from a performance in front of an audience.
- (broadcasting) Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.
- (of a performance or speech) In person.
- (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
- Being in a state of ignition; burning.
- (programming) Of an object or value: that may potentially be used in the future execution of a program.
- Having active properties; being energized.
- (film) Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
- (sports) Still in active play.
- (poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
- Taken from a living animal.
- Being in existence; actual.
- Able to fire or explode (of firearms or explosives).
- (linguistics) Of a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: resonating, not ending abruptly.
- Of an environment where sound is recorded: having noticeable reverberation.
- (card games) Of a card: not yet dealt or played.
- (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
- highly reverberant
- elastic; rebounds readily
- possessing life
- charged or energized with electricity
- in current use or ready for use
- capable of erupting
- abounding with life and energy
- charged with an explosive
- of current relevance
- actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
- exerting force or containing energy
adv
verb
- (transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
- (intransitive, informal) (of an object) to have its proper place; to normally be stored.
- (intransitive, followed by on, upon, or by) To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
- (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
- (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
- (intransitive) To outlast danger; (of a ship or boat) to float.
- (intransitive, hyperbolic) To cope.
- (intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.
- (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
- (intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.
- (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
- (intransitive) To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
- pursue a positive and satisfying existence
- support oneself
- be an inhabitant of or reside in
- have life, be alive
- have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
- lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
- continue to live and avoid dying
adj
- Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
- Implying or producing rapid action.
- Brisk; lively.
- Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
- In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
- (specifically, of certain geological features, such as volcano, geysers, etc) Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producing tremors.
- Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
- Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
- (electronics) Not passive.
- Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
- Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
- Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
- (computing, of source code) Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
- Requiring or implying action or exertion
- (gay slang, of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
- engaged in full-time work
- disposed to take action or effectuate change
- exerting influence or producing a change or effect
- tending to become more severe or wider in scope
- taking part in an activity
- engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
- in operation
- (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting
- (used of verbs (e.g. ‘to run’) and participial adjectives (e.g. ‘running’ in ‘running water’)) expressing action rather than a state of being
- (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
- expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:
- characterized by energetic activity
- (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt
- full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
noun
- A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
- (electronics) Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering).
- the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
- chemical agent capable of activity
- a person who is a participating member of an organization
adj
- Real, actual, tangible.
- (not comparable) Made of concrete (building material).
- Being or applying to actual things, rather than abstract qualities or categories.
- (by extension, topos theory, of a category C with respect to another category X) Equipped with a faithful functor to X (called a base category), in which case C is called a concrete category over X.
- Particular, specific, rather than general.
- (category theory, of a category) Analogous to the categories of algebraic objects which category theory was created to generalize, in the sense of having objects which can be thought of as sets equipped with some additional structure. Formally, equipped with a faithful functor to the category of sets.
- capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary
- formed by the coalescence of particles
noun
- (logic) A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.
- (perfumery) An extract of herbal materials that has a semi-solid consistency, especially when such materials are partly aromatic.
- (especially) Such a material whose cement is Portland cement or a similar limestone derivative.
- (countable, uncountable) A building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.
- (US) A dessert of frozen custard with various toppings.
- a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water