I.
noun ( BrE )
ADJECTIVE
▪ chemistry , physics , etc.
▪ laboratory
VERB + PRACTICAL
▪ sit ( BrE ), take
▪ fail , pass
▪
I passed the written exam but failed the ~.
II.
adj.
VERBS
▪ be , prove , seem , sound
▪ become , get
▪
It's time to get ~!
▪ make sth
▪
a feature that makes the system more ~
▪ do sth
▪
I'll do something ~ now and answer some mail.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪
She always adopted a very ~ tone.
▪ eminently , highly , intensely
▪ entirely , purely , strictly
▪
For entirely ~ reasons, children are not invited.
▪ hardly
Practical is used with these nouns: ↑ advantage , ↑ advice , ↑ alternative , ↑ application , ↑ approach , ↑ arrangement , ↑ aspect , ↑ assistance , ↑ benefit , ↑ common sense , ↑ consequence , ↑ consideration , ↑ context , ↑ criticism , ↑ demand , ↑ demonstration , ↑ detail , ↑ difficulty , ↑ effect , ↑ end , ↑ exam , ↑ examination , ↑ example , ↑ exercise , ↑ experience , ↑ experiment , ↑ expression , ↑ guidance , ↑ guide , ↑ guideline , ↑ help , ↑ hint , ↑ implementation , ↑ implication , ↑ importance , ↑ initiative , ↑ instruction , ↑ joke , ↑ know-how , ↑ knowledge , ↑ level , ↑ limit , ↑ limitation , ↑ matter , ↑ measure , ↑ method , ↑ nature , ↑ necessity , ↑ nurse , ↑ option , ↑ outcome , ↑ point of view , ↑ pointer , ↑ politics , ↑ possibility , ↑ problem , ↑ proposition , ↑ purpose , ↑ reality , ↑ reason , ↑ reasoning , ↑ recommendation , ↑ reform , ↑ relevance , ↑ sense , ↑ significance , ↑ skill , ↑ solution , ↑ standpoint , ↑ step , ↑ suggestion , ↑ support , ↑ term , ↑ test , ↑ theology , ↑ tip , ↑ tool , ↑ training , ↑ use , ↑ usefulness , ↑ utility , ↑ value , ↑ way , ↑ wisdom , ↑ work , ↑ workshop