- a lesson or an exam in science or technology in which students have to do or make things, not just read or write about them
- a biology practical
- The second part of the exam is a three-hour practical.
- I passed the written exam but failed the practical.
- The course involves lectures, demonstrations and practicals.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chemistry
- physics
- etc.
- …
- sit
- take
- fail
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from archaic practic ‘practical’ (from Old French practique, via late Latin from Greek praktikos ‘concerned with action’, from prattein ‘do, act’) + -al.Definitions on the go
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