pragmatic
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- IPA: /prægˈmætɪk/
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- If you are pragmatic, you think about the value of rules and break them when they cause problems.
- Your ways of solving the problem is very pragmatic but might anger some voters.
- (linguistics) If something is pragmatic it is about pragmatics.
- Pragmatics can be different between groups of people that speak the same language. The rich may not have the same pragmatic rules as the poor.
- The crazy man could speak normally, but had pragmatic problems.
