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practical
/præk-ti-kəl/
 
adj.
 
1.
Def.: due kalabetan te pegpangimu te minsan nekey, kenè dè ne suman-suman wey ke lalag.
MS: pegpangimu, due kalabetan te
something practical is related to doing things, not just ideas or words.
 
adj.
 
2.
Def.: malampusen su eleg te kamalehetan
MS: malampusen su eleg te kamalehetan
If an idea or plan is practical, it can succeed because it fits reality.
It is not practical to move all those sacks without a truck.
Kenè ne malampusen ne egweilen ta langun ka saku ne warè terak.
Sem.Dom.: GSL0851-0875
 
 
impractical
 
adj.
not practical (sense 2).
 
 
practicality
/præk-ti-kæl-ə-tee/
 
n-uc.
Def.: kamenu kamalampusen wey keeleg te kamalehetan
the practicality of something is how practical it is (sense 2).
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Last updated: 15/Dec/2012