pragmatic

pragmatique

Prêt à modifier ou à ignorer des règles si leur application pose des problèmes pratiques.

En anglais simple : Willing to change or ignore rules when following them would cause practical problems.

• She is pragmatic about the rules.
• We took a pragmatic approach and allowed an exception.
• His pragmatic decision avoided an unnecessary delay.

Comment l'utiliser : pragmatic about something (They were pragmatic about changing the procedure.)

Synonymes : practical, flexible

Contraires : dogmatic, rigid

Expressions courantes : pragmatic approach, pragmatic about something, pragmatic decision, pragmatic solution

pragmatique

Qui concerne la façon d’utiliser et de comprendre le langage dans des situations précises.

En anglais simple : Related to how people use and understand language in particular situations.

• Context affects the pragmatic meaning of a sentence.
• The course develops students’ pragmatic skills.
• Her study explores pragmatic differences between the two languages.

Expressions courantes : pragmatic meaning, pragmatic skills, pragmatic analysis