pragmatic
/pɹæɡˈmætɪk/prag-MA-tik
/pɹæɡˈmætɪk/prag-MA-tik
Meaningof deeds
Common meaning: dealing with things sensibly
- pragto do, act; a deedLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1264 · scan
- maticadjective ending from Greek nouns in -ma
Journey through time
- Greekπράσσω; πρᾶγμα‘to do, act’
- Latinpragmaticus
- Frenchpragmatique
- Englishpragmatic‘dealing with things sensibly’ · today
prag also in: practicepracticalchiropractor
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek πράσσω; πρᾶγμα ‘to do, act; a deed’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry πράσσω, p. 1264 · dictionary scan
Roots
- πράσσω; πρᾶγμα Greek “to do, act; a deed”
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