pragmatic
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6.3
- adjective
- /præɡˈmætɪk/
:
pragmático
- She always takes a pragmatic approach to solving her daily problems.
- a pragmatic approach
- a pragmatic policy
- pragmatic considerations
But Numpy is a very pragmatic practical tool.
- But Numpy is a very pragmatic practical tool.
- She was very prudent, very pragmatic, very level headed.
- And that's another, that's another example of the pragmatic utility of those injunctions.
- And that is administered in a pragmatic, flexible, clinician LED way.
- Like, so I, I think I've, I've always had a really pragmatic approach to the industry.
- And I look at it from AII think a very pragmatic perspective.
- Any kind of even pragmatic notion of central bank prudence is gone.
- And people that are less pragmatic than you and I go much further down that path.
- Now he says, OK, what if we do look at it from a pragmatic point of view?
Examples
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Therefore, our approach in analyzing the U.S. economy is pragmatic and evolutionary in nature.
Academic text (1990) -
The rebels should instead be viewed as fundamentally pragmatic actors, out to advance political, economic, and strategic interests.
Academic text (1999) -
So we take a rather pragmatic view about it.
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It's best to just own it and be pragmatic about it.
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I will make only pragmatic decisions.
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We are asking you to be pragmatic.
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I am just trying to be pragmatic.
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The chairman of this football club... is asking his manager to be pragmatic... and manage his resources.
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Bradford Council has taken an innovative and pragmatic approach to managing stress in the workplace.
Academic text (2015) -
The initial overreaction seems to have begun giving way to a more pragmatic and practical approach.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
507
2.6
About how something works in real life rather than in ideas
12
5.6
Calm and direct about facts without strong feeling
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7.2
A practical, tough person who is not moved by feelings
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5.5
Practical and realistic, using facts and experience
Dealing with problems in a sensible, practical way to get results
A person who plans and decides in a practical, not emotional way
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
An official order by a king or emperor that becomes a basic law of the country
How Practical
Surface Forms
Morphology
pragmatic = pragmat + ic
The combining form 'pragmat' is not a standalone English word and the meaning 'practical' cannot be reliably derived by learners from the form 'pragmat' + '-ic'.
Etymology
Pragmatic comes from the Greek root pragma meaning 'deed' or 'thing', and it is closely linked to the English words practical and practice, which are about doing. So a pragmatic person or solution focuses on what can actually be done, not on abstract ideas.