PRAGMATIC


Meaning of PRAGMATIC in English

/ prægˈmætɪk; NAmE / adjective

solving problems in a practical and sensible way rather than by having fixed ideas or theories

SYN realistic :

a pragmatic approach to management problems

►  prag·mat·ic·al·ly / -kli; NAmE / adverb

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent. (in the senses busy, interfering, conceited ): via Latin from Greek pragmatikos relating to fact, from pragma deed (from the stem of prattein do). The current senses date from the mid 19th cent.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.