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Really, in effect; not just hypothetically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The new tax should have helped the farming community. But in practice farmers generally appear to be worse off than before.
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift On paper, Continental Drift boasts a jaw-dropping voice cast, including but not limited to Jennifer Lopez, Patrick Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Alan Tudyk. But in practice, the overstuffed ensemble leaves the cast no room to distinguish themselves, and directors Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier don’t seem interested in coaxing performances that might render their money stars less identifiable.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Regularly practising an activity so as to remain skilled in it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: out of practice
in practical applications
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- will this work in practice?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
a la pràctica
— really, in effect
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Esperanto:
praktike
— really, in effect
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Finnish:
käytännössä
— really, in effect
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French:
pratiquement
— really, in effect
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French:
en pratique
— really, in effect
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Greek:
στην πράξη
(stin práxi)
— really, in effect
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Ancient Greek:
τῷ ὄντι
(tōî ónti)
— really, in effect
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Hebrew:
בפועל
(bafó'al)
— really, in effect
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Hungarian:
valójában
— really, in effect
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Hungarian:
gyakorlatilag
— really, in effect
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Hungarian:
a gyakorlatban
— really, in effect
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Italian:
in pratica
— really, in effect
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Italian:
nella pratica
— really, in effect
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Latin:
in actu
— really, in effect
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Norwegian:
i praksis
— really, in effect
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Polish:
w praktyce
— really, in effect
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Portuguese:
na prática
— really, in effect
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Romanian:
în practică
— really, in effect
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Spanish:
en la práctica
— really, in effect
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Swedish:
i praktiken
— really, in effect
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Tibetan:
དངོས་ཉམས་སུ
(dngos nyams su)
— really, in effect
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Tibetan:
དངོས་སུ
(dngos su)
— really, in effect
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Tibetan:
དངོས་ནས་ལ
(dngos nas la)
— really, in effect
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Tibetan:
དོན་དུ
(don du)
— really, in effect
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Tibetan:
དོན་ལ
— really, in effect
