Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with pragmatic in American Collocation
pragmatic
adjective
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
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/præɡˈmætɪk/
very
eminently
extremely
highly
very
The book is highly pragmatic in its approach.
entirely or only
entirely
merely
purely
wholly
The choice of what type of building to live in is not merely pragmatic.
Humane treatment of political prisoners is preferable even for purely pragmatic reasons.
mostly or rather
essentially
fairly
largely
pretty
rather
The arguments in favour of the change are largely pragmatic.
in a way that is typical
typically
Roger is typically pragmatic about the problem.
approach or attitude
approach
attitude
perspective
stance
view
A pragmatic stance, rather than a humanitarian one, seems to have dominated their response to the deportations.
solution
compromise
response
solution
We believe in pragmatic compromises rather than dogmatic ideology.
reason
argument
consideration
reason
Our agreement should be based on pragmatic considerations of mutual benefit and not on a political agenda.
flexible
practical
realistic
sensible
With their pragmatic and flexible approach, British troops demonstrated admirable peacekeeping skills.