for all practical purposes
- for all practical purposes
adverb
in every practical sense
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to all intents and purposes the case is closed
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the rest are for all practical purposes useless
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for all practical purposes phrase
in fact used for describing the actual effect of a situation
Either method you use will, for all practical purposes, have the same result.
Thesaurus: words used to describe situations and circumstances
hyponym general words for situations and circumstances
synonym
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virtually, or essentially
Zimmerman had become, for all practical purposes, an arms smuggler
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for (all) practical purposes
— used to say that one thing has the same effect or result as something else
During the blizzard, the town was, for all practical purposes [=virtually, practically], shut down.
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For All Practical Purposes — (FAPP) is a pragmatic approach towards the problem of incompleteness of every scientific theory and the usage of asymptotical approximations.Usually, when a physicist makes an approximation which can t be justified on rigorous grounds he tends to … Wikipedia
for (all) practical purposes — for (all) ˈpractical purposes idiom used when you are stating what the reality of a situation is • There s still another ten minutes of the game to go, but for practical purposes it s already over. Main entry: ↑practicalidiom … Useful english dictionary
for all practical purposes — in fact: used for describing the actual effect of a situation Either method you use will, for all practical purposes, have the same result … English dictionary
for all practical purposes — Synonyms and related words: all in all, almost entirely, approximately, approximatively, by and large, chiefly, effectually, essentially, for practical purposes, generally, generally speaking, in round numbers, in the main, mainly, more or less,… … Moby Thesaurus
for practical purposes — for (all) practical purposes used to say that one thing has the same effect or result as something else His effort to hide the document was, for practical purposes [=in effect], an admission that he had made a mistake. During the blizzard, the… … Useful english dictionary
for all intents and purposes — adverb in every practical sense to all intents and purposes the case is closed the rest are for all practical purposes useless • Syn: ↑for all practical purposes, ↑to all intents and purposes * * * to all intents and ˈpurposes idiom ( … Useful english dictionary
to or for all intents and purposes — idi pho to or for all intents and purposes, for all practical purposes; practically speaking; virtually … From formal English to slang
for all intents and purposes — adverb For every functional purpose; in every practical sense; in every important respect; practically speaking. For all intents and purposes the case is closed. Syn: effectively, essentially, in essence, in effect, practically, virtually … Wiktionary
Practical — Prac ti*cal, a. [L. practicus active, Gr. ? fit for doing or performing, practical, active, fr. ? to do, work, effect: cf. F. pratique, formerly also practique. Cf. {Pragmatic}, {Practice}.] 1. Of or pertaining to practice or action. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Practical joke — Practical Prac ti*cal, a. [L. practicus active, Gr. ? fit for doing or performing, practical, active, fr. ? to do, work, effect: cf. F. pratique, formerly also practique. Cf. {Pragmatic}, {Practice}.] 1. Of or pertaining to practice or action.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
