adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
almost/virtually/practically etc nonexistent
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On a Sunday morning traffic was almost nonexistent.
virtually/almost/practically useless
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These flaws could make the software virtually useless in a business environment.
virtually/practically impossible (= almost impossible )
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Getting tickets for the concert is practically impossible.
virtually/practically/almost etc invisible
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
certain
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I was practically certain that Hertz Lipmann was not a provocateur.
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This seems practically certain from the plan he devised for killing Perseus.
impossible
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It was hot in the thin corridor, and the hanging husks made going forwards practically impossible .
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And it would be practically impossible to require a teacher to watch each student at all times.
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The ground was frozen, and digging foundations was practically impossible in such drastic weather conditions.
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These are a large number of possibilities and they would be practically impossible to distinguish by breeding experiments.
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This would lead to a mixing of chemicals and cause explosions that together with flooding would make evacuation practically impossible .
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Amongst black school leavers, finding a job is practically impossible .
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This reversal would have been practically impossible under Gats.
invisible
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So long as a tiger stands still or moves slowly, its stripes make it practically invisible in the jungle or among reeds.
nonexistent
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We would have liked to build, but planning permission in Snowdonia National Park was practically nonexistent .
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But checking with knowledgeable people at the Vermont Maple Laboratory, I found that the literature was practically nonexistent .
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As it turns out, the Hare virus was practically nonexistent .
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Her technique as a performer is practically nonexistent .
possible
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They will also do everything practically possible to protect the public.
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In the high-pressured and directive context of undergraduate teaching it may be desirable, but is not practically possible .
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In this exploratory project this was neither sensible nor practically possible .
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The aim was to restore as far as was practically possible the conditions of the pre-First World War era.
■ VERB
become
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In fact, Beaton suggested, the screen had become practically their only source of inspiration.
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During the past couple of years, Jerry had practically become his younger alter ego.
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The question has become practically irrelevant, but not politically or morally so.
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Jaq suspected that their recycling and export trade had practically become instinctive.
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The surface is physically modified, and the painting becomes practically illegible.
live
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You practically live in the place.
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Soon, Miss Monti began to practically live at the house.
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Apparently I practically lived in the Bedford for weeks after that.
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I practically lived at the plant.
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We practically lived together the last three summers, and she wanted to hide it from him.
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He practically lived at the Metropolitan on Fourteenth Street.
run
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She had not made Dan go, he had practically run out of her life.
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As a result of her actions, Amelia became even more popular and within a short time was practically running Ogontz.
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You practically run the business downstairs.
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Once, when I ask how her son is doing, she practically runs from the room.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Practically everyone from work was at the party.
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Joey just doesn't think practically .
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Linda practically jumped out of her chair when the phone rang.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Advertising was practically never used, even in the early 1970s when the use of search by companies was much less widespread.
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As frailty increases that kind of basic tending by the family may ease the terminal phase for everyone, practically and emotionally.
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In fact, both practically and philosophically our reality often turns out not to be very real.
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That is why there are so many books on management published and that is why I have read practically all of them.
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You practically jumped on me when we met.
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You can practically hear the toilets flushing.